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HISTORY 



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CLASS OF i876. 



BowDoiN College. 



Lssued for the 

Twenty-first Anniversary of the Class, 
July 12, 1872-July 12, 1893. 



''Olim meminisse juvabit!' 



1893. 



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COMMITTEE. 



A. T. PARKER, 

Sea^etary and TreasurcT- of the Class. 



F. V. WRIGHT. 



E. H. KIMBALL. 



GEORGE PARSONS, 

Chairman Literary Committee. 



W. A. ROBINSON. 



O. C. STEVENS. 



G. F. PRATT. 



BION WILSON. 



CONTENTS. 



BowDOiN College 

Officers of Instruction and Government 
Sketch of President Chamberlain . 
Course of Study, Prizes and Scholarships 
Class History 

Freshman Year 

Sophomore Year 

Junior Year 

Senior Year 
Incidents . , . . 
Biographies of the Members 
Class Meetings . 
Literary Work by Members of '76 
Musicians of the Class 
Statistics 



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Maine Hall 

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Class of Proficients 

Medical School and Delta 

College Crew 

Class Crew 

College Nine 

King Chapel 

Class Pictures 

Recent Pictures 

Miscellaneous Pictures 

Class Baby and Other Children 

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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Old Bowdoin, we love to look back, as the years roll on, to those happy 
days of youthful enthusiasm when we were preparing to start out in our various 
paths in that great broad world before us, while yet we were enjoying freedom 
and play and the protection and solicitude of parents and teachers, under \vhose 
care we were. No doubt, in the years of struggle and independent work since 
then, there may have been those who would gladly have been under the author- 
ity and guidance of men interested in their welfare ; but we must thank our 
Alma Mater for the wisdom and the good influence we received within her walls 
as well as the experiences and the pleasant memories growing out of the social 
life which we lived. 

It was a period of four years, in which we lived as one great family bound 
together by the ties of class and society attachment and the bond of one com- 
mon object and goal for which we were all striving; and when we sit down, after 
our day's work, with our families and rest in the quiet enjoyment of home, it is 
a pleasure to look back over our career in college and also to follow the course 
of our fellow-classmates with whom we were so closely associated. 

We think of the many little incidents with which we were connected, of the 
frolics and of the work, and then we think of the college, and compare it with 
others ; and after our exj^erience in the world we wonder whether it was any 
better or as good as other colleges. Of course we ourselves love it because it is 
our Alma Mater; but, looking at it impartially, the most of us would probably con- 
fess that old Bowdoin furnishes as much instruction as any ordinary young man 
could grasp in four years, and he who could learn all Bowdoin's Faculty could 
teach him in that time and then yearn for more would be such a prodigy we 
could hardly expect him to outlive the age of Alexander the Great. 

Small colleges have some drawbacks, but they have also many advantages 
over the large colleges, and especially those in or near large cities. In the first 
place, the classes are smaller and the students have the personal care and inter- 
est of the professors themselves from the beginning of the F"reshman year, 
instead of having a large part of their instruction from tutors. The professors 
become acquainted with each member and learn to appreciate his weak and 
strong points, and have more direct influence over him, and the student feels 
more free to go to the professor for instruction or advice : and, again, the smaller 



8 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

size of the class makes it possible for all to become acquainted, and develops a 
stronger feeling of attachment; and the strengthening of all such finer emotions 
is a desirable thing." Another thing to be considered, in regard to a small 
country college like Bowdoin, is its comparative isolation from the attractions 
and temptations of a large city. It is not claimed that the students of Bowdoin 
were models of moral rectitude. There were those who were inclined to drink, 
those who were too fond of cards, those who were too devoted to whatever outside 
allurements presented themselves; and among several hundred young men such 
must necessarily be the case : but it is claimed that those who were not so in- 
clined had less temptation placed in their way and those who were so inclined 
had less opportunity for the free indulgence of their tastes. A young man who 
was bound to use liquor would gratify his desires, but, owing to the Maine pro- 
hibition laws, there were no saloons. In Brunswick a man could obtain what he 
wished at the druggists', from time to time, if he were acquainted there ; but the 
detection of such transactions brought legal trouble upon the proprietor and 
consequently led him to be careful and avoid too frequent sales, and then only to 
those he knew. A young man could not be taken through town and freely 
treated in saloons and hotel bars, as he could in the neighborhood of many 
other colleges ; for there were none, and consequently a considerable amount of 
temptation was removed. In former times, before the days of prohibition and 
energetic temperance societies, less notice was taken of the use of liquor every- 
where ; but when '76 was in college the friendly rivalry between the Greek letter 
fraternities had also a good influence, for each society wished to avoid bearing 
a reputation of having dissipated members, and while there were those who 
indulged, yet the conditions were such as to prevent the practice becoming 
general ; and still another and by far the most important of all influences in the 
case was the fact that the majority of the students were not brought up in the 
larger cities, where they would have become more or less accustomed to the 
ease and the dissipations of city society. On the contrary, quite a large pro- 
portion were young men of moderate means, some being obliged to support 
thernselves in college, who had come with the desire to make the most of all the 
advantages off^ered, and improve every opportunity for obtaining an education to 
fit them for life's work ; consequently they had little inclination to spend much 
money on wine suppers, expensive theatre parties, or to indulge in pleasures 
which would unfit them for their work. They did enjoy athletic exercises and 
amusements which did not require a foolish outlay of money or waste of energy. 
The few who were otherwise inclined constituted such a small percentage that 
their influence did not affect the college at large. Most of the amusements out- 
side of college were confined to dances, concerts, and lectures in Lemont Hall, 
and driving and walking about the country ; but college interests, such as base 



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ball, boating, athletics, societies, etc., occupied most of the spare time. The 
general character of the undergraduates was honest, practical, sincere, and sturdy. 
They kept up old customs and had glorious times, but not such as unfitted them 
for the morrow's work. It might be claimed by some that a large city college 
like Harvard or Yale offered more advantages in the way of bringing a young 
man into closer contact with fashionable society ; but such reasoning would only 
apply to the sons of the rich, who often merely go to college for the purpose of 
getting a diploma, and making acquaintances, and not to the great mass of 
those who go to prepare for life's work. For such the advantage of fashionable 
society would be a drawback by tending to divert their minds from the practical 
to the superficial. In illustration we may give a list of some of the prominent 
graduates of Bowdoin. 

They were the venerable Prof. A. S. Packard, of the class of 1816, who was 
an instructor and professor in Bowdoin College for sixty years, teaching Long- 
fellow while he was a student, and likewise teaching the members of '76 ; Jacob 
Abbott, '20, the author of the Rollo books and many others ; William Pitt 
Fessenden, '23, Senator and Secretary of the United States Treasury; Rev. 
Calvin E. Stovve, D. D., '24, Collins Professor at Bowdoin in 1850; Franklin 
Pierce, '24, President of the United States; Henry W. Longfellow, '25; 
Nathaniel Hawthorne, '25; John S. C. Abbott, '25, the historian and author of 
"Life of Napoleon," "Monarchies of Continental Europe," etc.; Rev. Cyrus 
Bartol, D. D., '32, the Unitarian divine of Boston; William H. Allen, LL. D., 
'33, president of Girard College; Rev. C)rus Hamlin, D. D., '34, the missionary 
and founder of Roberts College in Turkey; John A. Andrew, '37, the war 
governor of Massachusetts ; Prof. Egbert C. Smythe, '48, the Andover divine ; 
Gen. O. O. Howard, '50, of the United States Army; Gen. J. L. Chamberlain, 
'52, governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin; Melville W. Fuller, '53, now 
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; and many others. These men 
were all welcome and honored guests wherever they went, and were appreciated 
in the drawing-rooms of the most select society, and, had they been educated 
under more fashionable or luxurious influences, they would probably have won 
no greater honors in the world than they did, and perhaps not as great. They 
were educated where young men had to do their own work, and in the days of 
'76 it was about the same. Some of our class at times expressed the opinion 
that it would be a great improvement if a system of water works could be 
introduced and the buildings piped, so that the students need not have to go out 
to the well in stormy weather for a pail of water ; and if gas could be introduced, 
so they need not be obliged to have the care of lamps; and if a modern system 
of heating could be put in, so they might be relieved of the care and work of 
heating their own rooms : but if they had been supplied with these luxuries they 



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might have wished the college to provide a place in the grounds for meals 
instead of being obliged to walk down town. Then some would have wished a 
private waiter and meals in their rooms when they felt like it, and they would 
have found fault with the gas company, and have grumbled about the engineer 
if their rooms were not heated to suit them. As it was, they had no one to 
blame but themselves. The buildings were built before the days of these con- 
veniences and were not arranged for their introduction, and the college govern- 
ment very likely felt that it was just as well for the young men to continue doing 
their own work as their fathers had before them. Had they had all these com- 
forts and conveniences, they would only have wanted more, and would have 
become so enervated that they would have disliked to do the slightest work 
themselves. 

The old adage says, "Necessity is the mother of invention," but it is also 
the mother of work, and work is the word which has been the great battle-cry 
of progress throughout the ages. Without it there is no development. If a 
boy could go through school without being obliged to do any mental work, 
his schooling would be of little benefit; and neither can the muscles and 
body become strong without work. But, aside from these facts, there is the 
character to be considered, and that can never be developed without work. 
The young man who has been allowed to live in ease without the healthy 
necessity of mental and physical work is unfitted to engage in the battle 
of life, is unfitted to do justice to himself or to be of any benefit to the world; 
and his children will not inherit the sturdy qualities which their fathers 
ought to bequeath, and parents do a great injustice to their children if they 
allow them to grow up in a life of self-indulgence and luxury and spare them 
from work and from the stern necessity of a practical goal in life. Their 
education should consist not only in learning Greek and Latin roots and solving 
mathematical equations, but in learning to be self-reliant and not afraid to 
put their shoulders to the wheel and do their own work. There are young 
men to-day in some of our aristocratic institutions who are so refined and ener- 
vated that they expect others to do all the work, lest they might soil their own 
hands or become fatigued; but such are not the ones who help to carry on 
the world's work, and consequently it is a matter of some importance for a 
young man. to be surrounded by those who are working and striving for some 
worthy object in life. The influence on his character is much better than where 
he is surrounded by those who have no necessity for work, and who have no 
special end in view, no goal to strive for, who are not obliged by necessity to 
accomplish any work. Such a condition tends to weaken and undermine the 
character. But at Bowdoin the influence of the college itself and of the young 
men who constituted the majority of the students was one of work. To be 



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sure, here as everywhere many would only do what work necessity required, 
but a certain amount of study was of course necessary to remain in the class, 
and they were obliged to take care of their rooms and do their own work, and 
a large proportion were obliged to wholly or partly support themselves. The 
institution was filled with the central idea that most every one was there to work 
for some special object, and not to spend three or four years and a large amount 
of money in merely having a good time ; and thus the general example was a 
healthy one, while the playtime was all the more appreciated. 

Bowdoin College was advantageously situated. Brunswick was a pretty 
little town of about five thousand inhabitants, with streets shaded by rows of 
stately elms. It was not large enough to afiford much excitement; the students 
generally found more of interest within the college, and yet they were not so 
much deprived of society as those in a very small town like Hanover, N. H. 
It was on the main line of the Maine Central Railroad from Portland to Bangor, 
and the terminus of branch roads to Bath and Lewiston. The location was 
healthy, the soil was sandy, and a pine forest extended from the Campus on to 
the sea, some three or four miles away, where the deeply indented bays at 
Harpswell and Orr's Island formed most picturesque scenery ; while on the 
other side, and separating the town from Topsham, ran the beautiful Andros- 
coggin River, with its falls and mills, and below these the calm stretch, used as 
a boating course, down to Cow Island and the old mill point. 

Sickness was rare in the college, for not only was the situation a healthy 
one, but the buildings, though old, were neat and clean and not contaminated 
with the odors from sewer, furnace, or gas pipes ; and the student could lie in his 
room with his window open and be lulled to sleep by the whispering of the 
pines in the woods which partly bounded the college grounds; for, as the Peu- 
cinians were wont to say, " Pinos Loquentes Semper Habemus." Then the 
simple food, the daily exercise in going to meals, drill, gymnasium, base-ball, 
boating, and the regular hours of college work, all went to make up a systematic 
and healthy life. There was plenty of work, and after that full enjoyment in 
recreation. 

EXPENSES. 

The expenses were not so great as in many larger colleges, especially city 
colleges. When we entered, the catalogue gave under this heading: "Tui- 
tion, $75.00; room rent, $10.00; incidental expenses (such as fuel, oil, books, 
etc.), $40.00 a year. Board Is obtained in town at from $2.75 to $4.00 a week. 
Students can, however, by forming clubs under good management, very materi- 
ally lessen the cost of living." Thus at the very lowest figure it would cost 
$104.50 for thirty-eight weeks' board in college, and adding the tuition, room 



12 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

rent, and incidentals, the amount would be $229.50 for a year's college expenses; 
but it would be rather a difficult thing for a student to limit himself to this 
amount, and none in our class did. 

The three dormitory buildings were about the same shape and size, and all 
the rooms were very nearly alike, being in suites consisting of a study 15 feet 
by 16 feet, a bedroom 9x12 for inside rooms and 9x15 for outside rooms 
in Winthrop Hall. In Appleton and Maine Halls the bedrooms of the inside 
suites were 9x15, and those of the outside or corner rooms were 9x12. In 
Winthrop Hall the outside suites had the bedroom at the corner of the building ; 
in the other two halls the order was reversed. Each study had a closet for fuel, 
etc., about 9x3. All these suites, whether on the first or fourth floor, were the 
same price, $20.00 a year, and consequently when two students roomed together 
they each paid $10.00 a year; but at the end of our Sophomore year the price 
w^as raised, and varied according to the location of the rooms, $75.00 being 
charged for some of the rooms, or $37.50 apiece when two students roomed 
together, while $30.00 was the lowest rent of any room. This rent included 
what was called the care of the room. The buildings each had a brick partition 
running through the middle from front to back, and an entrance at the north 
and the south ends. There were four suites on a floor in each end or sixteen in 
all, but some of the lower floor rooms were used as recitation, drawing, or 
library rooms. Several women were hired by the college to come daily and 
make the beds and sweep, but the student was obliged to clean out his stove 
and take the ashes out to a designated place back of the Chapel, from whence it 
was carted off from time to time. He was also obliged to attend to his lamps 
and also to get his pail of water from the well and take it to his room. One 
well was situated between Massachusetts and Winthrop Halls, and the others 
were in the rear of the different dormitories. The water was drawn up by 
means of a windlass and endless chain of buckets. It does seem funny, when 
we look back, to think of a fellow lugging a heavy pail of water up to his room 
on the fourth floor and immediately emptying it out of the window on some 
luckless Freshman. 

The end women, or as the Orient more politely put it, the terminus ladies, 
occasionally failed to put in an appearance, especially during heavy snow-storms ; 
but when they did the bed-making often consisted of pulling the clothes up and 
making them look fairly smooth, and the sweeping sometimes took place; but 
some of the students preferred to attend to the few extra things themselves 
rather than have the end women coming in. 

The societies had their own clubs, and hired in some private house the din- 
ing-room for three meals a day, with the use of the parlor, and paid a certain 
amount to have the meals cooked and served. They then appointed each term 



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one of their number to act as steward, purchase all the provisions, keep the 
accounts, make out the bills for each member at the close of the term, and 
collect and pay the bills. He often got his board free for the work. 

The clubs took a vote, from time to time, as to the amount they were will- 
ing to pay, instructing the steward, for instance, to run the table at a limit of 
$3.75 for the coming term, or whatever the majority felt they could afford ; and 
this sum included the amount paid the landlady. The society clubs varied in 
price from $3.00 to as high as $4.50 per week, but some of the other clubs in town 
were cheaper, and consequently men sometimes felt they could not afford to belong 
to a society. Taking $3.50 as an average, a student would require for the col- 
lege year about ^133 for board, and say $25 for room rent (after our Sophomore 
year, when room rent was raised). $75 for tuition, and at least $50 for incidentals, 
making a total for college expenses of $283. As a matter of fact, however, no 
student in our class lived on much less than ^300 per year, and with some it ran 
up to $1,000 a year, according to the amount a man spent on dress, societies, 
luxuries, etc. ; but the necessary expenses were not great. Two figured their 
expenses at $300, two at $1,000, one at $900, and the majority at from $400 to 
$700, the average being about $550 per year. Someheld scholarships, and many 
taught school a part of the time; many, also, spent their vacation at home and 
paid no board, and those who taught during vacation were, of course, earning 
and not spending money. 

Dartmouth College has claimed the honor of being the schoolmasters' 
college, but Bowdoin has certainly done her share in furnishing instructors 
throughout the State, and about one half of the members of '76 taught school 
during our college course for a part of the winter terms, and since graduation 
about the same number have taught, and nine are at present teachers, principals 
of academies and high schools, and professors in colleges. Thus Bowdoin was 
giving the students the higher education while they were going out and instruct- 
ing the children throughout the length and breadth of the State, and preparing 
the boys to become future collegians. 

SOCIETIES. 

The intercollegiate Greek letter fraternities having chapters at Bowdoin 
were in the order of their establishment here: Alpha Delta Phi, 1832; 
Psi Upsilon, 1843; Delta Kappa Epsilon, Zeta Psi, Theta Delta Chi, 1854 ; and 
the Phi Beta Kappa, a graduate society founded in 1776, and having chapters 
in most all colleges, its members being those obtaining the highest honorary 
appointments at graduation. The chapter at Bowdoin was established in 1825. 
The general societies were the Athensean, with a library of 6,050 volumes, founded 
in 1808, and the Peucinian, with a library of 7,150 volumes, founded in 1805. 



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The Freshman society was the Lambda Mu ; the Sophomore societies, Phi 
Chi and Rho Upsilon ; the Senior societies, Master Humphrey's Clock and 
Kappa Kappa. 

The local organizations were the Bowdoin Praying Circle, instituted July 
22, 1815; the Reading-Room ; the Bowdoin Boating Association, instituted in 
1871; the Bowdoin Base-Ball Association, having a room in Winthrop Hall; 
Athletic Association ; Engineering Association for those in the Engineering 
Course only; and the Cleaveland Scientific Association, with a hall on Cleaveland 
Street, a society devoted to discussions of the work in the recitation-rooms and 
also for independent work and investigation, a number of the members being 
naturalists, etc. ; the Bowdoin Telegraph Association and Bowdoin Telegraph 
Company, rival companies having wires running over the buildings to the rooms 
of the members and one line running down town. This was before the days of 
the telephone. 

The musical organizations were the Bowdoin College Brass Band of fif- 
teen pieces ; the Bowdoin College Orchestra of seven pieces ; the Bowdoin Col- 
lege Brass Quartet ; the Star and Crescent Quartet ; and class glee clubs in 
each class. There were also checker, chess, domino, and whist clubs. 

BUILDINGS. 

When we entered college in 1872 the appearance of the Campus and the 
buildings was about the same as it had been for a number of years. There was 
the large level Campus surrounded by a wooden fence, and inside of this a hedge. 
Memorial Hall, the granite structure erected to the memory of those sons of 
Bowdoin who sacrificed their lives or were engaged in the service of their 
country, still remained in an unfinished state inside, and was used for little till the 
end of our Freshman year, when it was fitted up for the gymnasium, the old 
gymnasium, or Commons Hall, which was built in 1829, being converted into a 
laboratory, to take the place of the small one in the Medical School, which the 
students had formerly used. Next to Memorial Hall stood old Massachusetts 
Hall, the first of the college buildings, erected in 1798 ; and during the early part 
of our course we saw it remodelled and the two upper stories converted into one 
for a museum in memory of Profi Cleaveland and the valuable collections of 
the college gathered there. On the first floor were the treasurer's office and the 
Scientific recitation-room. The Medical School, or Adams Hall, furnished a large 
lecture-room for the classes in Chemistry and Physics. Then there was the 
beautiful granite King Chapel (which replaced the old chapel in 1855), '^^ith its 
two spires tapering to granite points 117 feet above the walk. The south wing 
was used as a recitation-room ; the north wing was occupied by the Maine His- 
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was the college library with 17,500 volumes, and over this the picture gallery, 
containing many valuable works by the old masters. 

The three dormitory buildings were Winthrop Hall, erected In 1822, and 
Maine Hall, erected in 1807, on the north side of the Chapel, and Appleton Hall, 
erected later on the south side. The first floor of Winthrop Hall, north end, 
was occupied by the Drawing-Room on the front side, and on the rear at different 
times by the Freshman mathematical recitation-room and the Freshman Greek 
and Latin recitation-rooms. Sophomore year the armory was removed here 
from Appleton Hall, and the Drawing-Room was enlarged by cutting a door 




SOUTH END OF MAINE HALL. 

In No. 7, the second-story front corner room just behind the small tree, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a part of " Uncle Tom*s Cabin." 
In No. 9, on the third story, back corner, at the right hand, John A. Andrew, of the class of 1837, roomed in his Senior year, and in the room 
over this, No. 13, Franklin Pierce ('24) roomed in his Senior year. 

In the next hall (, Winthrop, then called New College;, Nathaniel Hawthorne ('25) roomed in No. 19 during his Sophomore year, and 
H. W. Longfellow ('25J roomed Junior and Senior years at No. 27. 

through the fire wall and connecting the front rooms in the south end, and in 
Senior year the Base- Ball Association removed here from Appleton Hall. The 
north end of Maine Hall contained, on the front, the Athenaean Society room 
and on the rear the Senior and Junior recitation-rooms. The Peucinian Society 
had the front of the south end, and the back was occupied by the Reading- Room 
on the corner and the mathematical recitation-room back of that. The thought 
of these recitation-rooms brings up many memories: there were the old-fashioned 



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solid settees, or benches, fastened to the floor; the old-fashioned windows and the 
blackboards round the room; the little platform, with the primitive semicircular 
desk, like an old pulpit ; the fireplace bricked up and the air-tight stove in front, 
with the pile of wood near b)-. In these rooms the student imbibed and im- 
parted wisdom, and received those little marks upon which so much depended. 

When Dr. Stowe was a professor at Bowdoin he lived on Federal Street, 
just below Prof. Young's house ; but he occupied No. 7 Maine Hall as his 
college study, and here his wife, Harriet Beecher Stowe, wrote a part of " Uncle 
Tom's Cabin." This room was afterwards occupied by President Chamberlain 
while a professor, and when '76 was in college it was occupied by Tutor Moore. 

The Congregational Church, across the street from the rear of Memorial 
Hall, should not be omitted, for here the students attended Sunday service, and 
here Commencement Day exercises were always held, as well as the Commence- 
ment concert and many prize declamations, etc. 




PRESIDENT CHAMBERLAIN S HOUSE. 



The two upper stories formerly constituted a small cottage in which Longfellow lived after his return to Bowdoin as professor 



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President Chamberlain's house, on the opposite side of Maine Street, faced 
the Campus and Memorial Hall. The second and attic stories once constituted 
a little cottage in which Longfellow lived during his early married life while he 
was professor at Bowdoin. Gen. Chamberlain raised it and built the first 
story under it. He, however, kept the rooms specially used by Longfellow pre- 
cisely as they were. On entering the house the left-hand room was the presi- 
dent's study, adorned with battle-flags and rare relics, among which was an old 
Norse drinking-horn mounted on silver legs. Here was his library, containing 
many valuable works, and here also the summoned student reported. 



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OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION AND GOVERNMENT. 

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, LL. D., 
President. 

Alpheus Spring Packard, D. D., 
Collins Professor of Natural and Revealed Theology. 

JoTHAM Bradbury Sewall, A. M., 
Professor of the Greek Language and Literature. 

Stephen Jewett Young, A. M., 
Professor of Modern Languages. 

George Leonard Vose, C. E., 
Professor of Civil Engineering. 

John Norris McClintock, A. M., 
Instructor in Topographical Engineering and United States Coast Survey Methods. . 

N. W. Taylor Root, A. M., 
Instructor in Drawing. 

John Smith Sewall, A. M., 
Professor of Rhetoric, Oratory, and English Literature. 

James B. Taylor, A. M., 
Provisional Professor of Elocution and Oratory. 

Samuel Valentine Cole, A. B., 
Tutor in Rhetoric. 

Henry Leland Chapman, A. M., 
Professor of Latin, and later of English ; Secretary of the College Faculty, and Chairman of the 

Parietal Committee. 

Abner Harrison Davis, A. M., 
College Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. 

Charles Henry Moore, A. M., 
Tutor in Latin, and Instructor in French and German. 

Alonzo Garcelon AVhitman, A. M., 
Instructoi in French and German in 1875. 

A. E. Noel-Hope, A. M., 
Provisional Instructor in French in 1873. 

William Widgerv Thomas, Jr., A. M., 
Lecturer on Scandinavian Languages, and Instructor in Swedish. 



20 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Ephraim Chamberlain Cummings, A. M., 
Provisional Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy in 1873. 

Mark Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., 
Provisional Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy in 1874. 

George Lincoln Goodale, A. M., M. D., 
Josiah Little Professor of Natural Science, Professor of Applied Chemistry and Materia Medica 

till 1873. 

Edward Sylvester Morse, Ph. D., 
Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology till 1874. 

Alpheus Spring Packard, Jr., M. D., 
Lecturer on Entomology. 

Charles Abiathar White, A. M., M. D., 
Josiah Little Professor of Natural History in 1874-75. 

Charles Greene Rockwood, Jr., A. M., Ph. D., 
Professor of Mathematics till 1873. 

Charles Henry Smith, A. M., 
Professor of Mathematics. 

Cyrus Fogg Brackett, A. M., M. D., 
Professor of Chemistry and Physics till 1873. 

Henry Carmichael, A. M., Ph. D., 
Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Josiah Little Professor of Natural Science. 

Robert Lawrence Packard, A. M., 
Assistant Professor of Applied Chemistry. 

Franklin Clement Robinson, A. B., 
Instructor in Analytical Chemistry. 

George Langdon Chandler, A. M., 
Instructor in Natural History. 

Augustus Freedom Moulton, A. B., 
Tutor in Mathematics. 

Joseph P. Sanger, A. M., Bvt. Maj. U. S. A., 
Professor of Military Science and Tactics till 1875. 

Louis Y. Caziarc, Bvt. Capt. U. S. A., 
Professor of Military Science. 

Dudley Allen Sargent, 
Director of the Gymnasium. 

Frederic King Smyth, A. M., 
Instructor in the Gymnasium, and Tutor in Mathematics. 



JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN. 

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Me., Sept. 8, 1828. 
His early education was at the Military Academy in Ellsworth, Me. He then 
entered Bowdoin College, from which, after taking every college honor, he grad- 
uated in 1852. Among his fellow-students were such men as Prof. Egbert C. 
Smythe, Prof. Charles C. Everett, Prof. John S. Sewall, Gen. O. O. Howard, 
Senators W. P. Frye and W. D. Washburn, and Chief Justice M. W. Fuller and 
Judge W. L. Putnam. 

On graduating he entered the Bangor Theological Seminary, where he took 
equally high rank as at college, and before his graduation received four invita- 
tions to important churches. But on giving the Master's Oration at the college 
in 1855, he was immediately appointed to take charge of a portion of the 
instruction formerly given by Prof. Calvin E. Stowe, and at the following Com- 
mencement was elected Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory. In 1861 he was 
elected Professor of Modern Languages, and in the next year was granted leave 
of absence for two years to visit Europe. But the War of the Rebellion having 
at that time assumed a formidable aspect, he at once offered his services to the 
government and was appointed to organize the Twentieth Regiment of Maine 
Volunteers, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In less than one month's time 
he reported with that regiment at Washington, and was immediately sent to an 
advanced position at Arlington Heights, where the fragments of the Union Army 
were making a stand after the disasters of Bull Run. From that time he served 
through the war with great distinction, being rapidly promoted in rank, and still 
higher in command. He received special honors for his defence of Round Top 
at Gettysburg, and in 1864 was promoted on the field by Gen. Grant in a 
special order to the rank of brigadier-general for efficient and meritorious ser- 
vices in the field and especially gallant conduct in leading his brigade in the 
desperate charge on the lines of Petersburg on June 18. He was again pro- 
moted to major-general by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in the first battle 
which broke Lee's right flank before Petersburg, March 29, 1865. At the sur- 
render of Lee's army he was designated to command the parade before which 
the arms and colors of the rebel army were laid down. At the disbandment of 
the Army of the Potomac, he being commander of the First Division, 5th Corps, 
was retained by orders and assigned to a command in the Provisional Corps 



22 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

then formed with the expectation of going to Mexico to support the demand of 
the United States government for the withdrawal of the French troops from 
that country. That movement not being necessary, he resigned from the army, 
Jan. 15, 1866, and returned to his professorship, which the trustees of the col- 
lege had insisted on his retaining. But he was thereupon elected governor of 
Maine and thrice afterward re-elected to that office. He received the honorary 
degree of Doctor of Laws from the College of Pennsylvania in 1866, and from 
Bowdoin in 1868. In 1871 he was elected president of the college. In his 
inaugural he announced his purpose to put the college on a broader basis, and 
to bring it into closer relations with the people. He secured the detail of offi- 
cers of the army and from the United States Coast Survey, and the services of 
specialists, to give instruction in the college. The Alumni of the college came 
forward with zeal to support his efforts, and several chairs were founded, and the 
funds of the college were doubled during his administration. He organized a 
Department of Political Science and Public Law, in which he gave the principal 
instruction. He was also for six years Professor of Mental and Moral Philos- 
ophy. In 1878 he was appointed by the President a commissioner of the United 
States to the Universal Exposition in Paris, and made a valuable report on edu- 
cation in Europe. 

In 1878 he was elected by the Legislature of Maine major-general, and 
assigned command of all the troops of the State, and by his firm and impartial 
course prevented serious disturbances of the public peace in the absence of a 
political government in the early part of 1880. 

In 1883 he resigned the presidency, owning to the effect of his hard work 
upon his wounds received in the war, one of which was of the severest nature, 
and from which he can never recover. He has since been engaged in business 
in New York, with connected interests in other States. 

He has been president of many military and literary societies, and has given 
many public addresses on important occasions. Some of the best known of 
these are the oration at the founding of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion 
of the United States at Philadelphia in 1866 ; the oration at the organization of 
the Society of the Army of the Potomac in New York in 1869 ; and the address 
at the Centennial Celebration at Philadelphia in 1876. He is much sought as a 
popular lecturer, and has lately been specially invited to read a paper before 
the Philosophical Society of Great Britain, of which he is a member. He is 
vice-president of the American Huguenot Society, and also of the American 
Bible Society. 

He married, in 1855, Miss Frances Caroline Adams of Boston, and has 
two children, a son who is a lawyer in New York City, and a daughter who 
is the wife of Hon. Horace G. Allen of Boston. 



COURSE OF STUDY. 



The following course of study was that set forth in the catalogue when we 
entered, but numerous changes were, of course, made from year to year: — 

CLASSICAL COURSE. — FRESHMAN YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


60 


Recitations in Latin. 


S4 


Recitations in Latin : Livy. 


48 


Recitations in Latin. 




Livy and Latin Composi- 


48 


Recitations in Greek. 




Horace, Selected Odes. 




tion. 




Herodotus and Greek 


60 


Recitations in Greek. 


48 


Recitations in Greek. 




Comp. 




Odyssey and Greek Comp. 




Selections .rom Herodotus 


12 


Recitations, Ancient History. 


12 


Recitations in Ancient His- 




and Greek Composition. 




Smith's Greece. Liddell's 




tory. — "Liddell's Rome. 


12 


Recitations in Ancient His- 




Rome. 


40 


Recitations in Mathematics. 




tory, Smitii's Greece. 


60 


Recitations in Mathematics. 




Trigonometry, Mensuration. 


60 


Recitations in Mathematics. 




Geometry ; Davies's Le- 


20 


Recitations in Rhetoric. 




Greenleaf s Algebra. 




gendre. 




Newman's. 


24 


Exercises in Elocution. 


24 


Exercises in Elocution. 


24 


Exercises in Elocution. 


5 


Written Translations. 


5 


Written Translations. 


5 


Written Translations. 



SOPHOMORE YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. - 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


48 


Recitations in Mathematics. 


60 


Recitations and Lectures 




60 


Recitations in Mathematics. 




Surveying, Navigation, and 




, Mathematics ; Analyl 


ical 




Diff. and Int. Calculus. 




Spherical Trigonometry, 




Geometry of two 


and 


36 


Recitations in Latin. 




Field work, plots, plans. 




three dimensions. 






Terence, Andria. 




etc. 


24 


Recitations in Latin. 




24 


Recitations in Greek. 


36 


Recitations in Latin. 




Cicero's Tusc.Disp Book L 




Sophocles. 




Horace, Satires, Epistles. 


36 


Recitations in Greek, 




60 


Recitations in French. 


24 


Recitations in Greek. 




Demosthenes. 






Racine, Athalie. 




Thucydides. 


40 


Recitations in French. 




24 


Exercises in Elocution. 


60 


Recitations in French. 
Otto's Grammar. 




Otto's Grammar. 
Bocher's Reader. 




5 


Themes. 

Prize Declamation. 


12 


Lectures on General Chem- 
istry. 


20 


Recitations in Rhetoric, 
Whately's. 








24 


Exercises in Elocution. 


24 


Exercises in Elocution. 








5 


Themes. 


5 


Themes. 









JUNIOR YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


36 Recitations in Latin. 


24 


Recitations in Latin. 


24 


Recitations, Latin. — Juvenal. 


Tacitus, Agricola. 




Quintilian. 


48 


Lectures on Natural History. 


24 Recitations in English Litera- 


36 


Recitations in PoHtical Econ- 


12 


Lecture on Physiology and 


ture. 




omy. 




Hygiene. 


60 Recitations in German. 


60 


Recitations in German. 


60 


Recitations in German. 


Otto's Grammar. 




Otto's Grammar. 




Goethe's Faust. 


36 Lectures on Mineralogy. 




Taugenichts or Undine. 


36 


Lectures on Botany. 


24 Recitations in Elementary 


60 


Recitations and Lectures. 


24 


Exercises in Oratory. 


Botany. 




Physics. 


S 


Themes. — Prize Declamation. 


24 Exercises in Oratory. 


24 


Exercises in Oratory. 








5 Themes. 


5 


Themes. 




Italian Language, optional. 


Senior and Junior Exhibition. 


Senior and Junior Exhibition. 




Greek (Plato), optional. 



SENIOR YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


30 Recitations in Natural The- 


30 Recitations in Metaphysics. 


40 


Recitations in Moral Philoso- 


ology. — Paley and Butler. 


60 Lectures on Chemistry. 




phy. 


60 Recitations in Mental Philos- 


30 Lectures, Chemistry Applied. 


40 


Recitations in Geology. 


ophy. 


Laboratory work. 


40 


Recitations in Constitution 


30 Recitations in PoliticalScience 


60 Recitations, NaturalTheology. 




of United States. 


60 Recitations and Lectures. 


5 Themes. 




Commencement. 


Astronomy. 


Senior and Junior Exhibition. 






5 Themes. 








Senior and Junior Exhibition. 


Spanish Language, optional. 







SCIENTIFIC COURSE. 
FRESHMAN YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 



60 Recitations in Latin. 

Oral Exercises and Select 
Translations. 
48 Lectures on Physical Geog- 
raphy and Meteorology. 
12 Recitations in English. 
60 Recitations in Mathematics. 
Greenleaf s Algebra. 
Elements of Drawing. 
Exercises in Elocution. 
English Composition. 



SECOND TERM. 



60 Recitations in Latin. 

Dictation Exercises and 
Latin Composition. 
36 Lectures on Mechanics, Hy- 
drostatics, and Pneumatics. 
1 2 Recitations in English. 
60 Recitations in Mathematics. 
Geometry ; Davies's Le- 
gendre. 
1 2 Lessons in Drawing. 
Exercises in Elocution. 
English Composition. 



THIRD TERM. 



60 Recitations in Latin. 

Cicero. 

Latin Composition. 
1 2 Recitations, Ancient History. 
24 Lee. on Acoustics and Optics. 
1 2 Recitations in English. 
40 Recitations in Mathematics. 

Trigonometry and Men- 
suration. 
20 Rec. in Rhetoric, Newman. 
12 Lessons in Drawing. 

Elocution and Composition. 



SOPHOMORE YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


48 


Recitations in Mathematics. 


60 


Recitations and Lectures. 


60 Rec. Diff. and Int. Calculus ; 




Surveying, Navigation and 
Spherical Trigonometry, 
Field work, plots, plans. 


40 


Analytical Geometry of two 
and three dimensions. 
Recitations in French. 


or 
30 Rec. in Parliamentary Rules 
and Practice, and 




etc. 




Otto's Grammar. 


30 Rec. in Logic. 


12 


Lectures on General Chem- 




Bocher's Reader. 


12 Lee. on Physiology and Hy- 




istry. 


20 


Recitations in Rhetoric. 


giene. 


60 


Recitations in French. 




Whately's. 


48 Recitations in Botany. 




Otto's Grammar. 


,10 


Recitations, Seeley's EngHsh 


60 Recitations in French. 


24 


Recitations in Elem. Botany. 




Lessons. 


Racine, Athalie. 




Six weeks in Laboratory. 


^o 


Lectures on Relation of 


Elocution and Themes. 




Exercises in Elocution. 
Themes. 




Physical Sciences. 
Elocution and Themes. 

Optional : Latin, Drawing 
(Shades and Shadows), 
Isometrical Projections. 


Optional : Field work in Level- 
ling, Triangulation, and Topog- 




Optional : Nautical Astron- 
omy, Latin, Drawing. 


raphy. U. S. Coast-Survey 
Methods ; Linear Perspective. 
Hist. England. Latin. Drawing. 



JUNIOR YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


German, Otto's Grammar. 


German, Taugenichts or Undine. 


German, Goethe's Faust. 


English Literature. 


Political Economy. Physics. 




Anatomy and Physiology. 


Chemical Physics. 


12 Lectures on Greek and 


its 


Zoology. 


Blowpipe Analysis. 


uses in English. 




Physiological Botany. 


Mineralogy. 


Qualitative Analysis. 




Agricultural Zoology. 


Elocution and Composition. 


Oratory and Composition. 




Insects LTseful and Injurious. 


French or Latin. 


French or Latin. 




Orator)' and Composition. 
French or Latin. 



SENIOR YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


Astronomy. 


Natural Theology. 


Ethics and ^Esthetics. 


Mental Philosophy. 


Chemical Philosophy. 


Geology. 


Quantitative Analysis. 


Organic Chemistry. 


Comparative Anatomy and Physi- 


Agricultural Chemistry. 


Vegetable Physiology. 


ology. 


Metallurgy. 


Diseases of Plants. 


International Law. 


Political Philosophy. 


Constitution of LTnited States. 


Excursions for study ; field, river. 


Excursions for study, on land 


Languages. 


and sea. 


and water. 


Swedish or Anglo-Saxon. 




German. 


Spanish. 





COURSE OF STUDY. 



25 



ENGINEERING COURSE. 

First two years same as previous Course. 
JUNIOR YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 


THIRD TERM. 


German. 


German. 


German. 


English Literature. 


Political Economy. 


Natural History. 


Mineralogy. 


Analytical Mechanics. 


Applied Mechanics. 


Calculus, continued. 


Nature and Strength of Materials. 


Roads, Railroads, Canals. 


Descriptive Geometry. 


Carpentry and Building. 


Curves and Profiles. 


Field work : Transit, Level. 


Wooden and Iron Bridges. 


Topography, Charts, and Pro- 


Barometrical levelling. 


Earth Work and Foundations. 


jections. 


Drawing, Architectural, Mechan- 


Shades, Shadows, and Perspec- 


Survey and Location, Laying out 


ical, Topographical. 


tive. 


work, Estimates. 


Oratory and Composition. 


Oratory and Composition. 


Oratory and Composition. 



SENIOR YEAR. 



FIRST TERM. 


SECOND TERM. 




THIRD TERM. 


Astronomy. 


Chemical Physics. 




Metaphysics, Ethics, and Es- 


Political Philosophy. 


Practical Hydraulics. 




thetics. 


Steam Engine and other Prime 


Water Supply of Cities. 




Hydrography, Dams, Docks, 


Motors. 


Drainage and Sewage. 




Harbors, Sea Walls, Light- 


Architecture. 


Specifications and Contracts. 


houses. 


Reclaiming and Improvement of 


Constitution of United States. 


U. S. Coast-Survey Methods. 


Rivers. 


Drawing, Mechanical, 


Topo- 


Contemporary History. 


Military Engineering. 


graphical, and Architectural. 


Modern Geography. 


Drawing. 


Oratory and Composition 




International Law. 


Oratory and Composition. 






Oratory and Composition. 



POST-GRADUATE COURSE. 

The Post-Graduate Course of two years furnishes instruction in the fol- 
lowing schools of Philosophy and the Arts : — 

I. Letters, with the degree of Master of Arts, A. M. 

II. Science, with the degree of Doctor of Science, Sc. D. 

III. Philosophy, with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Ph. D. 

IV. Medicine. The Medical School of Maine. Degree, M. D. 



PRIZES. 

The sum of Thirty Dollars is annually given to members of the Senior 
class as a premium for excellence in English Composition. 

Prizes amounting to Thirty Dollars are in like manner assigned to members 
of the Junior class for excellence in Oratory at their annual Prize Declamation. 
First Prize, G. T. Prince; Second Prize, C. A. Perry. 

A Prize of Ten Dollars — called the Sewall Premium — is awarded also to 
members of the Sophomore class for excellence in Declamation. 

This Prize in 1874 was divided between J. H. White, first, and C. A. Perry, 
second. 



26 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

A Prize of Sixty Dollars, established by a donation of $1,150 from the Class 
of 1868, will be awarded annually to the author of the best written and spoken 
Oration in the Senior class. 

Two Prizes, one oi thirty and one o^ twenty dollars, are offered to the Junior 
class by Philip Henry Brown, Esq., of Portland, for excellence in extempora- 
neous English Composition. These prizes were awarded at the close of the 
Junior year, the first to William G. WAITl^ the second to Arlo Bates. 

A Prize of Twenty-five Dollars has been offered by Hon. P. W. Chandler, 
LL. D., of Boston, to be awarded at the close of the Junior year to that member of 
the Junior class who shall pass the best examination in an assigned Latin author 
not required in the prescribed Course of Study. 

A Prize of Twenty-five Dollars is offered to the member of the Sophomore 
class who sustains the best examination in Greek, and an equal Prize to the one 
who sustains the best examination in Latin, at the Annual Examination. 

Greek Prize awarded in 1874 to E. A. P. Yates. Honorable mention, 
W. G. Waitt. 

Latin Prize to John G. Libby. Honorable mention, W. G. Waitt. 

Prizes of Twenty-five Dollars and Fifitee7i Dollars are offered to members of 
the Junior class, for the greatest proficiency in Mineralogy. 

The Bowdoin Association of the East offers a Gold Medal valued at Fifty 
Dollars, or in lieu thereof at option, Fifty Dollars in money, — the same to be 
called "The St. Croix Medal," or "The St. Croix Prize," to the best debater 
of the Athenaean and Peucinian Societies. 

The question for debate, in May, 1873, was, — 

Shoidd tJie present Right of Sufi^r age in this Country be limited by Qualifica- 
tions of Property and Education ? 

The Entrance prizes were awarded, in 1872, as follows : In the Classical 
Course, for Mathematics, to C. S. Andrews; Ancient Languages, to E. H. Kim- 
ball. In the Scientific Course, for Mathematics, to F. M. Stimson; English, to 

C. T. Hawes. 

pecuniary aid. 

Meritorious students with slender pecuniary means need not on that account 
leave college. It should be understood, however, that good capacit)', character, 
and conduct are indispensable conditions on which aid is given. 

SCHOLARSHIPS. 

brown memorial scholarships. 
A Fund has been given for the support of four Scholarships in Bowdoin 
College, by Hon. J. B. Brown, of Portland, in memory of his son, the late James 
Olcott Brown, A. M., of the Class of i8s6. 



COURSE OF STUDY. 27 

According to the provisions of this foundation, there will be paid the sum 
of Fifty Dollars annually to the best scholar in each undergraduate class who 
shall have graduated at the High School in Portland, after having been a mem- 
ber thereof not less than one year. After the year 1875, it is provided that the 
annual value of these Scholarships shall be increased. 

These Scholarships were awarded to F. C. Payson, each year. 

THE ALFRED JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP. 

These Scholarships, three in number, of $1,000 each, for the benefit of 
students in need of pecuniary aid, were founded by the late Hon. Alfred W. 
Johnson, of Belfast, in memory of his grandfather. Rev. Alfred Johnson, one of 
the founders and earliest trustees of the college, and of his father, Hon. Alfred 
Johnson, one of the earliest graduates and trustees. 

SHEPLEY SCHOLARSHIP. 

This is a fund of $1,000 given by the Hon. Ether Shepley, LL. D., of 
Portland, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine. The income of 
this is to be appropriated for the aid of students who, being otherwise worthy, 
are studying to enter the ministry of the Trinitarian Congregational or Pres- 
byterian Church. 

SEWALL SCHOLARSHIP. 

A Scholarship of $1,000, founded by Mrs. Maria M. Sewall, in memory of 
her husband, William B. Sewall. The income, $60 a year, is for the aid of 
meritorious students recommended by the Faculty. 

MARY CLEAVES SCHOLARSHIPS. 

By the will of the late Miss Mary Cleaves, three Scholarships of $1,000 
each were founded for the aid of deserving students of slender pecuniary 
resources who are recommended by the Faculty. 

MARY L. savage MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. 

This is a scholarship of $1,000, founded by Rev. William T. Savage, 
D. D., of Franklin, N. H., in memory of his wife, Mary L. Savage, for the 
benefit of needy students having in view the Christian ministry of the Evan- 
gelical church. 

JOHN C. DODGE SCHOLARSHIP. 

A fund of $1,000, given by Hon. John C. Dodge, of Boston, in aid of 
needy students in the Classical Department. The recipients to rank above two 
thirds of their classmates, and to be selected by the donor. 



28 BOVVDOIN COLLEGE. 

CRAM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. 

This is a Scholarship of $i,ooo, in aid of students of limited means, and is 
founded by Hon. Marshall Cram, of Brunswick, in memory of his son. Nelson 
Perley Cram, of the Class of i86i,who lost his life in the service of his country. 

JAMES MEANS SCHOLARSHIP. 

A Scholarship of $1,500, founded by William G. Means, Esq., of Andover, 
Mass., in memory of his brother, Rev. James Means, Class of 1843, ^^'ho died in 
Newbern, North Carolina, in the service of the United States. 

HAINES SCHOLARSHIP. 

Income $60 a year, given by Hon. William P. Haines, of Biddeford. 

LOCKWOOD SCHOLARSHIP. 

The income of this, amounting to $60 a year, is given by Hon. Amos D. 

LoCKWOOD. 

Several College Scholarships are also available for the aid of students. 

BENEFICIARY FUNDS. 

THE LAWRENCE FUND. 

This is a fund of $6,000, given by Mrs. Amos Lawrence, of Massachusetts. 
"The income shall be annually appropriated for the pa)-ment of the whole or a 
part of the tuition of meritorious students in Bowdoin College who may need 
pecuniary assistance ; and one student each year shall be placed upon the 
foundation and have the whole of his tuition remitted who shall enter the col- 
lege from Lawrence Academy, at Groton, Mass., and who shall bring satisfactory 
testimonials of scholarship and moral worth ; provided that the number thus 
received shall never exceed four at any one time, and that the Executive 
Government may withhold the benefaction from any one who shall subsequently 
to admission prove unworthy of it; and provided further that if the authorized 
number be not sent from said Academy, the amount which would have been 
thus appropriated may be applied to the benefit of other students." 

THE LORD FUND. 

This is a fund of $2,000, given by Daniel W. Lord, Esq., of Kennebunk- 
port, the income to be appropriated to pay the tuition of meritorious students 
who in the opinion of the Faculty stand in need of aid. "The aid of this fund 



COURSE OF STUDY. 29 

shall not be given to students who use Intoxicating liquors, or intoxicating and 
injurious drugs of any kind, such as opium and tobacco, unless prescribed by a 
physician as a medicine." 

The American Education Society assists young men in need of aid, who 
are studying for the ministry of the Congregational Church. 



CLASS HISTORY. 



FRESHMAN YEAR. 



The first examination for admission to college was held on July 12, the 
Friday after Commencement, and the second examination was held on Aug. 
29, the first Thursday of the first term. They were written examinations, con- 
ducted in the college librar)', and lasted nearh' all day. The class was divided 
into two divisions, according to the course of study to be pursued, — the regular 
Classical Course and the Scientific Course, which was intended to eive a more 
practical education without abandoning the classics, philosophy, etc. They con- 
sisted in the main of the same studies, but in the latter course Greek was dis- 
pensed with, less Latin was taken, and more of the natural sciences. This 
course was again subdivided after the Sophomore year into the Natural Science 
and Engineering courses. Those pursuing the studies in the Classical Course 
took the degree of A. B., those in the Scientific Course, the degree of Sc. B.; but 
the members in the latter course were allowed to take A. B. instead, if they pre- 
ferred, by making up the Greek and the extra Latin. Only one, however, Mar- 
rett, availed himself of this privilege. Sabin had the choice offered him at 
graduation and chose the Sc. B. A little less than half entered in the scientific 
department, and about half of these took the Engineering Course. The majority 
of the class entered at the first examination, fort)'-eight applying and thirty-nine 
being admitted. At the second there were nineteen or twenty applications, and 
eighteen were admitted; several entered on private examinations. The class, 
as recorded at the opening ot college, numbered sixty men, Bangor, Bath, Port- 
land, and other cities and towns in Maine giving fifty. New York one. New 
Hampshire one, and Massachusetts eight. Several entered later in the course, 
one coming from Williams College, and one from Iowa College, Grinnell, la. ; 
and a number dropped out. Only about fifty-six actually began regular college 
work, and within a month or two several of these had left. Forty-three gradu- 
ated in 1876. 

The following day, Friday, Aug. 30, the students busied themselves in fur- 
nishing and getting their rooms in order. Saturday morning prayers were held 
at 8 o'clock in the Chapel, and the lessons for Monday were assigned on the 
bulletin board at the Chapel door. The da)- was spent in fixing up rooms 



CLASS HISTORY. 31 

and getting acquainted. Fishing for society members was also commenced, 
and many of the Freshmen were invited out to tea at the various fraternity 
ckibs. 

Sunday, Sept. i, prayers were held at 8 o'clock in the Chapel, and morning 
service in the church at 10.45, the Freshmen occupying their seats in the back 
of the left-hand gallery. The Sophomores made no demonstration, and the after- 
noon was passed in looking over the lessons for Monday and in social calls and 
society fishing. Evening prayers in the Chapel were held at 5.30. 

The class as a whole made a very good impression in college, and the Ori- 
ent, in speaking of them, said: "The new Freshman class numbers about sixty. 
It has been said — though we do not credit the story — that many of them 
have been mistaken for Seniors." 

Monday morning, Sept. 2, recitations commenced immediately after prayers, 
and the Freshmen became acquainted with the professors and instructors in the 
various recitation-rooms. 

After dinner, Jameson, Brookhouse, and Kimball bought three twenty-five- 
cent canes and walked on to the Campus. Windows were thrown up and Soph- 
omore horns sounded from all the halls. The Freshmen, followed by a score of 
excited Sophomores, hastened to the armory in Appleton Hall, hid their canes 
behind the door, and, fearing to retreat, watched Major Sanger unpacking arms 
from Springfield. Finally, as everything appeared quiet outside, they ventured 
to beat a hasty retreat, but the wily Sophomores had been pumping vigorously 
at the well, and as they rushed out, lo ! every window seemed suddenly filled 
with horns and buckets of water, and the dripping trio at last congratulated 
themselves that they had decided to room outside the grounds the first term ; 
yet even this afforded but slight protection. This incident precipitated hostili- 
ties between the classes. The next issue of the Orient stated that " those 
Freshmen who attempted to sport canes found that there was not so much sport 
in it after all." 

At 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon, military drill was commenced. The boys 
had not been measured for uniforms, and no arms were given out, but they were 
exercised in light gymnastics and company movements. 

Friday evening, the 6th, the Tanners had a torchlight procession, and the 
Greeley Zouaves also paraded, accompanied by a number of the students. Soon 
after midnight the Sophomores broke into Miss Mary Thompson's house oppo- 
site the Medical School in search of Freshmen, but Brookhouse was the only one 
they succeeded in finding, and he was taken out half dressed and returned about 
2 A. M. tied in a blanket and deposited in his room. 

On Sunday, the 15th, the Freshmen found on entering church that the 
cushions had been taken from their seats. They went over to the Sophomore 



32 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

gallery and brought them back. The Sophomores, however, regained a few 
before the services began. 

Monday, the i6th, a class meeting was called, with A. E. Andrews as 
chairman, and Wright, Stevens, Gordon, Morrill, and J. E. Sewall as a com- 
mittee. In the evening a meeting w^as held in a dilapidated vacant house down 
on the Harpswell road, and a later one was held in Sewall's room, where it was 
decided to call another class meeting. The next day Sewall was elected chair- 
man, wnih Rowe, Wright, Whitcomb, Morrill, and Jameson on the committee, 
and the following afternoon the ticket was passed, with Sew^all president ; Rowe, 
Whitconib, and Jameson on committee of arrangements ; Perry, Alden, and 
Wright, committee on odes ; F. R. Kimball, toastmaster ; Stevens, orator ; 
E. H. Kimball, poet; Gordon, historian; and Parker, prophet. 

On Sunday the Sophomores again took the cushions, and all the Freshmen 
but seven sat down-stairs. 

On Monday evening a few went around to the halls and raised a crowd of 
Freshmen, who proceeded to the depot and had a midnight supper on Jim 
Johnson's celebrated baked beans, coffee, and mince pie. 

Thursday afternoon, Sept. 24, the Freshmen were beaten by the Sopho- 
mores at football, in an exciting and well-contested game, occupying one hour 
and a half. 

On Friday the president addressed the Freshman class. Many of the 
uniforms were received, and the next day the caps arrived. 

On Sunday the Sophomores left the. church in a body, because the Fresh- 
men had succeeded in securing some of their cushions. 

Monday afternoon, Sept. 30, many of the Bowdoin Cadets went in uniform 
to Portland to attend the drill and Cadet ball at City Hall, and returned about 
2 A. M. 

The class had now passed their first month of college work; the uniforms 
and caps had all been received and the arms distributed. The printed "Regula- 
tions for the interior police and discipline of the Bowdoin Cadets" had also been 
distributed; most of the society initiations had taken place, and the members of 
'76 had become quite well acquainted. They had also received sundry visits 
from masked Sophomores in the dark hours of the night, had become some- 
what used to the threatening sound of the Sophomore horns, and had 
learned that it was not necessary for a cheeky Freshman to go to the river for 
a bath. 

Friday, Oct. 11, was the last day of the Sagadahoc County Agricultural 
and Horticultural Fair at Topsham. In the afternoon the Bowdoin Cadets, 
turning out about two hundred men, were reviewed by Governor Perham in 
infantry and artillery drill under their commander. Major J. P. Sanger, U. S. A. 



CLASS HISTORY. 33 

Leaving the college grounds at 1.30 with the Bath Band, they marched to 
President Chamberlain's house, where Governor Perham, together with the 
president and several other gentlemen, were escorted to the carriages, and 
thence to Topsham. Arriving at the fair grounds, some little difficulty was at 
first experienced in forming the line, on account of the crowd ; but a brisk 
charge of bayonets soon cleared a large space, and the gentlemen were landed 
in front of the tents. The Cadets were then drilled for about an hour, to the 
entire satisfaction of all. There arose some dispute between Major Sanger 
and the fair officers in regard to the firing of a salute in honor of the governor 
of the State, on account of the large number of teams on the grounds ; but this 
was settled for the time. 

Saturday, Oct. 12. In a base-ball game between the Bates College nine 
and that of Bowdoin, the score was 25 to 19 in favor of Bowdoin. 

About this time the committee of the Alumni, appointed at the last annual 
meeting, in accordance with the resolves then adopted, issued a circular asking 
the Alumni and friends of the college for contributions to the general fund, 
which amounted to less than $125,000, and was entirely inadequate to the 
present needs of the college, especially since the introduction of new courses 
and the addition of instructors. The committee hoped to obtain from some 
1,200 members of the Alumni, whom they could reach, the sum of $100,000, to 
add to the fund of the college; and, though Bowdoin has not a very large pro- 
portion of wealthy Alumni, yet the amount was raised, and paid to the treas- 
urer within a couple of years. 

About the ist of November occurred the rope-pull between the Sopho- 
mores and Freshmen in front of the Chapel, and '75 won. 

Friday evening, Nov. 22, a grand gymnastic exhibition was given in 
Lemont Hall by the class of proficients and selected squads in club and dumb- 
bell exercises under the director, Prof. Dudley A. Sargent, ending with a mili- 
tary quartet, consisting of Ladd, Snow, Hatch, and Robinson, in the silent 
manual, fancy drill, and bayonet exercise. This was followed by a Cadet ball, 
with Chandler's Portland Band. 

Monday evening, Nov. 25, occurred the exhibition of the Senior and Junior 
classes. 

Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 26 and 27, were devoted to the general 
examinations, and the term closed on the latter date for the winter vacation of 
six weeks, which gave those students who were obliged to earn their way 
through college a chance to teach in the district schools throughout the State. 
This custom of giving a short summer and a long winter vacation to accommo- 
date the students had been abandoned in most of the colleges, but was still 
retained at Bowdoin, though a year or two afterwards it was given up here, and 



34 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

those students who wished to teach obtained leave of absence and made up the 
lessons on their return. 

The second term began Thursday, Jan. 9, 1873. The session of the 
Medical School also commenced the same clay. The students necessarily had 
very little to do with the "Medics," as they were called, though some had friends 
among them ; but while the school was in session it furnished some additional 
attendants at ball games and entertainments in town. 

Thursday evening, Feb. 13, a ball was given in Lemont Hall, and on 
Feb. 18 some of the students attended a grand bal masque at City Hall, 
Lewiston. 

During the term Memorial Hall was being fitted up for a gymnasium, and 
the old gymnasium, or Commons Hall, was being fitted for a laboratory. Old 
Massachusetts Hall was also undergoing extensive alterations at the expense of 
Hon. Peleg W. Chandler of Boston, to prepare it for a museum in memor)- of 
Prof. Cleaveland. Mr. D. A. Sargent, director of the gymnasium, spent a 
while at Yale instructing them in the management of their g).'mnastic department. 

On March 4 the printed laws of the college were distributed. 

April 5. Delegates from the Freshman classes of Harvard, Yale, Amherst, 
Williams, Dartmouth, and Bowdoin met at the Massasoit House in Springfield 
to arrange for a base-ball tournament. It was decided to hold it Monday, July 
14 (regatta week), at Springfield. O. C. Stevens was sent as delegate from 
Bowdoin. 

Monday evening, April 7. Senior and Junior exhibition at Baptist Church, 
music by Bowdoin orchestra ; and Cadet ball at Lemont Hall. 

The examination of all the classes occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday, 
April 8 and 9. 

On April 9 the members of the Freshman class, having passed the period 
of their probation, promised to obey the laws of the college and were admitted 
to the privileges of the Alma Mater, and received their matriculation papers, 
and the term closed for one week's vacation. 

April 17, Thursday. Third term began. 

May 5. Prize debate for the St. Croix medal. 

May 21. Prof. Edward S. Morse and the Juniors went on a zoological 
expedition to Lookout Point. 

May 26 and 27. Examination of medical classes. 

May 28. Graduation exercises of Medical School. 

June 2. Public competition by Seniors for '68 prize in Lemont Hall. 

June 3. Examination of Senior class. 

June 4, Wednesday. Class of '74 ivy-day exercises at Chapel, and hop in 
the evening. 



CLASS HISTORY. 



35 



June 20. " By invitation of Col. Walker, Company E, Bowdoin Cadets, 
visited him at his residence in Topsham, on the evening of June 20. The 
company, led by Capt. Gerry and accompanied by the College Band, left 
the Chapel at 7.15. Boots, resplendent at the start with careful application 
of ' Crumbs's best,' rapidly assumed the form and appearance of those ' sluggish 
clods ' somewhere mentioned as our brothers in the future. The dust raised by 




CADETS. 

Owing to limited space in the studio, these cadets were obliged to stand in a semicircle. They were from different companies, but all '76 
men, taken at the end of Sophomore year. 



36 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



the feet descended in dainty clouds into eyes and throats, but each man main- 
tained a soldierly bearing throughout ; and, save the happy meeting with a funeral 
procession from ' Rue de 'Paris,' the company arrived at its destination without ad- 
venture. Col. Walker received the members of the company in his elegantly 
arranged hall. Here were gathered some of the members of the Faculty and 
friends of Col. Walker, the company being graced by the presence of a few 
ladies. The Cadets had invited no ladies, owing to the inconvenience of waiting 
upon them over or back again (one ' well-greaved,' however, with characteristic 
gallantry, entered the hall with his rifle at a graceful ' secure ' and his right arm 
at a maidenly 'support '). Some time was spent in conversation and in examin- 
ing the colonel's fine collection of paintings, and then Capt. Gerry called the 
company into line. They executed the ' manual of arms ' in a very creditable 
manner, but were obliged to omit many of the company movements, owing to 
the limited space. Music and refreshments followed. The fancy drill by Cadets 
Alden, Payson, and Wells was heartily applauded." — Orient. Col. Walker 
and Mr. A. G. Tenney of the Telegraph addressed the company. After cheers 
were given for Col. Walker and Major Sanger, the company started for home. 
June 24, Tuesday evening, an exhibition drill was given by members of a 
volunteer company of the Battalion of Bowdoin Cadets at Lamont Hall. 









PROGRAMME. 








Music. 




I 


Formation of Company. 




3- 


Open Ranks. 


2 


Roll-Call. 




4- 

Music 


Manual of Arms. 


5 


March in Line. 




8. 


Mark Time in Line. 


6 


Halt Company in Line. 




9- 


Backward Step in Line. 


7 


Oblique Company in Line. 




10. 
Music 


Wheel Company in Line. 




Fancy Drill, 


ALDEN, PAYSON, and WELLS. 








Music 




1 1 


March by Flank. 




16. 


Form Column to the Front 


12 


Oblique in Column. 




17- 


March in Retreat. 


13 


Change Direction in Column. 




18. 


Break Fours to Rear. 


14 


Form Line from Column. 




19. 


Rear Fours into Line. 


15 


Break mto Column. 




20. 


March by Twos. 




21. 


Fo 


rm Single from 


Double Rank. 



June 25. We quote from the Orient of this date the following local 
notes : — 

" D. Pratt started for Boston with three dollars in his pocket and three 
spring overcoats on his arm. 



CLASS HISTORY. 



37 



"The College Band plays popular polkas under the old oak-tree two evenings 
each week. In the absence of ladies, Freshmen seize and whirl each other about 
upon the greensward, while yearning 'yaggers' peep from behind the hedge. 

"Juniors regard the empty Senior seats with longing eyes. 

"The bulletin boards are all 'broken out' with advertisements of second- 
hand furniture." 

June 30. Prize declamation of the Sophomore class. 

June 30-July 2. Examination of three lower classes. The members of 
'76 were made happy, after passing their examinations before the Faculty and 
committee of the trustees and overseers, by receiving their papers entitling 
them to return in the fall as Sophomores. 

The class canes arrived with handsomely carved ivory handles bearing "'76" 
in relief. Many white plug hats arrived about the same time, and horns were 
ordered from Boston. 

July 2, Wednesday evening. Freshman supper at the Sagadahoc House, 
Bath, Me. 

President, J. E. Sewall ; Toastmaster, F. R. Kimball. 

Committee of Arrangements, W. H. G. Rowe, Chas. W. Whitcomb, 
Chas. D. Jameson. 

Committee on Odes, C. A. Perry, W. Alden, F. V. Wright. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 



Enitamur ut vincamus. 



ODE. 



Air. — ^'Araby's Daughter' 



While here in this hall we have gathered this day, 
To drown all our cares and our classmates to greet, 

Let pleasure be rampant, let joy have her sway, 
For 'tis the last time that as Freshmen we'll meet. 



Then be it ever our greatest aim, brothers, 

To keep brightly burning the lamp of our class; 

Let it ever be filled with the oil of our learning, 
And then 'twill shine clearly thro' ages to pass. 

Swiftly has glided our first year in college, 
And now we are joyous, tor we're Freshmen no more; 



As brightly shines the sun on the tree's lofty foliage 
So beams our star thro' future's bright door. 
Chorus. 

Oft are the pleasant times we've had together, 
Thro' all the past year united we've been; 

And never shall anything our union sever, 
We always will be as the nearest of kin. 
Chorus. 

Then let us strive in our Sophomore year, 

And in after years too, when Seniors we'll be. 

That upward and onward may be our career, 
And in us Alma Mater her pride shall see. 
Chorus, 



Eloquentia non lauderetur, si nihil efficeret. 



38 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Oration, 



Far away drive heavy care: 

Swe-de-le-we-dum-bum, 
We the joys of freedom share; 

Swe-de-le-we-dum-bum. 
Weary days of toilsome gain, 

Swe-de-le-\ve-tchu-hi-ra-sa, 
Be all forgot in our refrain, 

Swe-de-le-we-dum-bum. 

CHORUS. 

Litoria! Litoria! 
Swe-de-le-we-tchu-hi-ra-sa. 

Litoria! Litoria! 
Swe-de-le-we-dum-bum. 



Poem, 



Honor's but an empty name, 

Health and youth are fleeting; 
Wealth is vainer still than fame, 

Sooner still retreating. 
Sweet is pleasure after toil, 

Sweet the joy of living; 
We who burn the '* midnight oil " 

Now our songs are giving. 

CHORUS. 

Now our songs are giving; [dz's] 
We who burn the *' midnight oil" 
Now our songs are giving. 

Olympic gods, their eyes 
Endless laughter brimming; 

Let us shake the steadfast skies 
With our joyous hymning. 

Earnest hearts and willing hands 
Wait the future mission, 



AlR.- 



ODE. 



O. C. Stevens. 



Youth's brightest hours are fleeting by- 
Soon our brightest garlands die; 
Then ere yet their bloom is shed 
Have now the banquet quickly spread. 

Let cold Pallas be forgot. 
Hard and weary is his lot 
Who follows only wisdom's ways, 
Nor e*er for social joys delays. 

C/w?'Jis. 
Future's toil for honors dear 
Waits us all. But now and here 
Raise the revel loud and long, 
Let all rejoice with shout and song. 

C/ior7es. 



Honor poet^^ est. 



Air. - 



E. H. Kimball. 
ODE. 

^'Dearest Mae." 



And may Honor's laurel bands 
Make its glad fruition. 

CHORUS. 

Make its glad fruition; [^z*^] 
And may Honor's laurel bands 
Make its glad fruition. 

One in love of truth and right 

May we be united; 
Honor gain from us new might, 

Wrongs by us be righted. 
But the moments still nor stay 

For cold moral sayings; 
Then to pleasure tune the lay 

With no more delayings. 

CHORUS. 

With no more delayings; [^i's] 
Then to pleasure tune the lay 
With no more delayings. 



We are gathered here to-night, boys. 

To celebrate the time 
That falls to us, with all its joys, 

And with the inspiring rhyme. 
We are gathered from Maine's rock-bound coast 

From Massachusetts Bay, 
From Hampshire's hills of rocks so old, 

To celebrate our day. 

CHORUS. 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 
Hurrah for Seventy-six, 
We'll live for thee in coming years, 
Our own dear Seventy-six. 

We have passed through many toils and cares, 
Through many and many a *' dead," 



Nunc tempus renovare pr^eterita. 

History, - - O. C. Gordon. 

ODE. 

Air. — '^Bonm'e Blue Flag.^* 

Through many scenes of happiness, 
But still we look ahead. 



For Algebra we mourn not, 
Nor tears for Greek roots shed, 

But buckle on our armor 
For Analytics' " deads." 
Chorus. 

And now for Alma Mater, 

And dear old Seventy-six, 
Let's lift our song, both loud and long, 

Until the halls do ring; 
And when into the world we come, 

We'll ne'er forget the day 
That gave to Bowdoin and to us 

Our freedom and our sway. 
Chorus, 



Paica non mendax. 



CLASS HISTORY. 



39 



Prophecy, 



A. T. Parker. 



ODE. 



Air. — *^ La7tri^er Horatiiis' 



O Father of our feast, 

And all the powers that be ! 
We pray thee to preside, 

As we revel joyfully. 



May the star of Seventy-six 

Ever be ascendent, 
And upon nothing else 

May we be dependent. 

We have come to celebrate 

The customary banquet of our class; 
And with souls that are elate 

Most mirthfully the time to pass. 
Chorus. 



Come, classmates all, come join us now, 

While we sing our parting song, 
And let us all our voices raise 

And the joyful sound prolong; 
For we have passed thro' Freshman year. 

With all its joys and fears, 
And brightly dawns the future now 

For us in coming years. 

CHORUS. 

For us in coming years; \bis\ 
And brightly dawns the future now 
For us in coming years. 



Of the joyful days 

Which we shall ever see, 
This day is the most renowned 

Which we shall retain in memory. 
CJiorits. 

One year we've passed within the walls 
Of Alma Mater's classic halls; 

And love for her we'll entertain, 
And her honor never stain. 
Chorus. 

May we ever keep in mind 

With our greatest power, 
Truth and honor uppermost, 

From this very hour. 

Chortis. 



Nunc edendum est. 



SUPPER. 



ODE. 

Air. — ^^ Anld Lang Syne.' 



Now let us press with friendship firm 

Our brothers' hands once more; 
And ever to our class prove true, 

Both now and evermore. 
And may we ever keep in mind, 

While with the world we mix, 
The spotless banners which we love. 

Of Bowdoin and Seventy-six. 



Of Bowdoin and Seventy-six; \bis\ 
The spotless banners which we love, 
Of Bowdoin and Seventy-six. 



Amor in Almam Matrem nos conjungit. 



July 6, Sunday. Baccalaureate before the graduating class at the Congre- 
gational Church, at 4 p. m. 

July 7, Monday. Annual meeting of the trustees and overseers. Prize 
declamation by the Junior class at the Congregational Church, 7.30 p. m. 

July 8, Tuesday afternoon. Address before the Alumni at the church at 
3 p. M., by Rev. Prof. D. R. Goodwin, D. D., of Philadelphia. From the church 
the Alumni adjourned to Memorial Hall, where the annual meeting of the 
association was held. Procession was formed at the Chapel and moved at 2.50 
p. M. 

In the evening the Commencement concert was given in the church by 
the Germania Band of Boston, assisted by Mrs. J. M. Osgood, the Temple 
Quartet, and two eminent soloists. 

July 9, Wednesday. Commencement day. The house was opened for 



40 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



ladies at lo a. m., of which notice was given by the bell. Admission to the 
transepts was by ticket at 9.30 a. m. The exercises commenced at 10.30, and 
proceeded according to the printed order. 

The procession formed at the Chapel and moved at 10.15 a. m. 

The president's reception was at 8 p. m. 

July 10, Thursday. The Phi Beta Kappa fraternity held their annual meet- 
ing at the Medical Lecture Room, Adams Hall, at 8 a. m. 

The annual meeting of the Maine Historical Society was held at their 
library room at 8 a. m. 

The Cleaveland Museum of Natural History was opened with appropriate 
exercises at 10 a. m. Addresses by Nehemiah Cleaveland, LL. D., and others. 

July 10, Thursday. Class day of 'j;},. The public exercises commenced 
with an oration and poem at the Congregational Church at 1.30 p. m., and were 
continued under the old oak-tree by the class chronicles, prophecy, parting 
address, and other ceremonies. Seats around the tree were reserved for those 
who presented tickets from the graduating class after the exercises in the church 
were concluded. Music by the Germania Band of Boston. The public rooms 
were open from 8 to 10 a. m. 

July II, Friday. The first examination for admission to college was held 
at 9 A. M., in the Medical Lecture Room, Adams Hall. 

July 17. Regatta at Springfield. Many of the students went to Springfield 
to attend the intercollegiate regatta, in which the colleges represented by crews 
were, Amherst, Amherst "Aggies," Bowdoin, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, 
Harvard, Trinity, Wesleyan, Williams, and Yale. 

BOWDOIN. 

Colors, white ; trainer, Robert Price; average weight, 159 lbs. 



C. H. Hunter, 


S; 


Pittsfield, Me. ; 


height 


6 ft. in. ; 


age, 20 ; 


weight, 165 lbs 


A. L. Crocker, 


No. 2 ; 


Paris Hill, Me. ; 




5 " 9 " 


" 23; 


U J63 « 


W. Souther, 


" 3; 


Fryeburg, Me. ; 




5 " 9 " 


" 19; 


158 " 


J. A. Cram, 


" 4; 


Parsonfield, Me. ; 




5 " 9 " 


" 24; 


162 " 


A. G. Ladd, 


" 5; 


Groveton, N. H. ; 




5 " 8 " 


" 22 ; 


" 155 " 


D. A. Robinson, 


Bow; 


Bangor, Me. ; 




6 " " 


" 23; 


" 153 " 



There were eleven colleges represented, and at the finish some uncertainty 
existed as to the position of Bowdoin, owing to confusion about the colors and 
poor regatta management. She was finally given seventh place, but many 
claimed that she was fourth in crossing the line. The official record says : 
"Owing to the bad management of the regatta no satisfactory time was taken. 



CLASS HISTORY. 41 

and the positions of all but Yale, which won, Wesleyan, Harvard, and Williams 
are in doubt. Except these crews they are placed in alphabetical order." 

The result of the Springfield regatta of the year before (1872) was as 
follows : — 



CREW. 


TIME. 


Amherst, i, 


16.32 1-5. 


Harvard, 2, 


16.57. 


Agricultural, 3, 


17.10. 


Bowdoin, 4, 


I7-3I- 


Williams, 5, 


I7-59- 


Yale, 6, 


18.13. 



SOPHOMORE YEAR. 



Aug. 23, 1873. Term began, and the Class of '76, now full-fledged Sopho- 
mores, daily practised swinging canes and wearing plug hats with a nonchalant 
air. They also carefully gauged the quality of the new Freshman class. '77 had 
about the same number of men as '76. It was a fine class, and contained many 
men of musical talent, and many who developed later into fine gymnasts and 
athletes. Among its members was Robert E. Peary, who, as lieutenant in the 
U. S. Navy, has recently established his reputation as the foremost of Arctic 
explorers. Another member was a younger brother of Prof. Chapman, John 
E. Chapman, now connected with the Youth's Companion in Boston ; and George 
T. Little, now professor and librarian of Bowdoin College, also belonged to this 
class. But still it needed some discipline from '76, and during the first few days 
of the term several Freshmen attempted to leave the Chapel before the upper 
classmen ; and '76 during the year exercised its Sophomoric duties with consider- 
able firmness, and frequently gave the Freshmen advance chemical lessons on 
the effect of the precipitation of H2 O. 

Oct. I. The Orient said: "Fishing is over, but sportsmen report ducks as 
numerous." '76 says, " He climbed that door with the grace of an elephant." 

A number of changes took place this term in the Faculty. Dr. Hopkins, 
ex-president of Williams College, came to take the chair of Metaphysics for a 
limited time, and Mr. Noel-Hope was engaged as an instructor in French. Prof. 
Goodale had accepted a position at Harvard, and Prof. Brackett had also 
accepted a very flattering offer from Princeton. Prof. Henry Carmichael took 
Prof. Brackett's place in Chemistry, Physics, etc., while Prof. Goodale was 
succeeded by Prof. C. A. White, who also took the department of Zoology, 
which had been conducted by Prof. Edward S. Morse. 

The football match was won by the Sophomores. 

"The annual 'rope-pull' between the Sophomores and P'reshmen came off 



42 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

on the morning of Oct. 4. There was the usual confusion in taking posi- 
tions — excited Sophs, seizing the Freshman end of the rope, and vice versa. 
The umpire, Briggs, '75, finally reduced the contestants to order, and gave the 
word ' puir ! From the first it w^as evident that the Sophomores were superior; 
they pulled uniformly and steadily, while '77 swayed from side to side, and jerked 
the rope at intervals. One Freshman was seen wiping his eye-glasses, another 
stopped to grind holes in the gravel as a brace for his feet, and a third tried the 
old trick of a ' half-hitch ' round the tree. There was no one by to encourage 
them by crying, ' I'll cut it, I will,' as in the days of the sympathetic Banyan. 
The ' pull' lasted three minutes, and was a clear victory for '76." — Orient. 

Oct. 30. Many of the students enjoyed a grand necktie party given by the 
ladies of Maine Street Baptist Society, at Lemont Hall. 

Sophomores were entertained in sundry Freshman rooms at various times, 
and several of our members received the personal attention of the Faculty ; and, 
in fact, many '76 men were inclined to feel a little anxious on Monday evenings 
when that august tribunal met in old Massachusetts Hall, and expected they 
miQ;ht receive a summons from "The Prex." 

Nov. 1 1 , Tuesday evening. A course of entertainments began in Lemont 
Hall with the Beethoven Ouintet Club of Boston, and Mrs. \. M. Osg-ood. 
This was followed during the winter by readings by Prof. Blish of St. Louis, 
lectures by Col. Russell H. Conwell of Boston, Miss Kate Stanton, and Rev. 
Dr. Cudworth of Boston. 

Nov. 24. Exhibition of the Senior and Junior classes, and hop at Lemont 
Hall. Music, Bowdoin Orchestra. 

Nov. 25, 26, Tuesday and Wednesday. General examination and close of 
term. 

VACATION OF SIX AVEEKS. 



Jan. 8, 1874, Thursday. Second term began. 

Jan. 20. M. B. Gilbert, of Lewiston, began a dancing class in Tontine Hall, 
of six lessons. 

Feb. 19, Thursday. Medical session began. 

March 9, Monday evening. Reception of the Class of '75, Brunswick High 
School, at Tontine Hall. 

April 3, Friday evening. A grand gymnastic exhibition was given in 
Lemont Hall under the direction of Prof. D. A. Sargent, for the benefit of the 
Bowdoin Navy, with music by Chandler's Portland Orchestra. This was followed 
by a hop. 



CLASS HISTORY. 



43 




CLAbS UK PROFICIENTS. 



PROGRAMME. 



Orchestra 



Selections. 



Parallel Bars 
Suspended Rings 



DUMB-BELL EXERCISE. 

SELECT DIVISIONS FROM '77. 

W. Stephenson, Leader. 



CLARKE, GERRY, and SWASEY. 
PAYSON, PERRY, and WELLS. 



BATULE BOARD LEAPING. 

BOLSTER, COBB, NEWCOMB, PAYSON, PEARY, SARGENT, STANWOOD, STOYELL, 

WELLS, AND WRIGHT. 



Double Somersault 
Double Trapeze 
Magic Ladders 
Orchestra 



A. J. BOLSTER. 

GREENE BROTHERS. 

. BOLSTER, PAYSON, PERRY, WELLS, and WILLIAMS. 

. Selections. 



44 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

triple bars. 
Mcpherson, sargent, stanwood, stoyell, and williams. 

Hfavv Weights HUNTER and NEWCOMB. 

POSTURING. 

(Introducing the " challenge trick" of the world-renowned Hanlons.) 

BOLSTER, CLARKE, PAYSON, SARGENT, WELLS, and WILLLAMS. 

INDIAN CLUB ENERGISE. 

SELECT DIYISIONS FROM '75. 

S. L. Larrabee, Leader. 

DOUBLE ESGHELLE. 
BOLSTER, SARGENT and STANWOOD. 

PYRAMIDS. 

April 6, Monday evening. Exhibition of the Senior and Junior classes. 
April 7 and 8, Tuesday and \\^ednesday. Examination of all the classes, 
and close of the term. 

VACATION OF ONE WEEK. 

April 16, Thursday. Third term began, and soon after Prof. White, with 
his division of the Sophomore class, went to Harpswell for a few days' out-of- 
door work in Zoology, etc. 

May 4. Prize debate for the St. Croix medal. 

May 6. Reception of the Class of '70, Brunswick High School, at Tontine 
Hall. 

About this time occurred the memorable fight between '76 and '']^. 'j"] 
had a good many musical members, and one evening a few had the boldness to 
march back and forth in front of the halls singing Sophomore songs. A num- 
ber of '76 men went out and they dispersed, but not till one of their number had 
been treated to an evening bath at the pump. The next evening the Freshmen 
held a meeting in the recitation-room in the south end of Maine Hall. Some of 
the Juniors, though supposed to have passed beyond the sphere of class conten- 
tions, were still ready to see their former opponents, '76, involved in a good-sized 
fight. Accordingly some of them went round to the back of Maine Hall and 
commenced throwing bricks and stones through the windows. The Freshmen 
were wrought up with a peculiar mixture of fierceness and fear. 

They imagined the Sophomores were gathering outside. They were mad, 



CLASS HISTORY. 45 

and yet they did not enjoy their position ; so they massed three abreast with arms 
locked and moved out on to the walk. The Sophomores had got wind of it, and, 
in fact, had been anticipating trouble, and many were already up-stairs in that 
end, and when the solid body of Freshmen moved out no better chance could 
have been offered for a good ducking, and the water poured on them in sheets. 

They gathered in front of the Chapel and vowed they would sing and hold 
class meetings whenever they wished. The Sophomores began gathering near 
the Chapel ; then a parley occurred between some of the leaders, such as Crocker 
of '77 and Payson of '76, both powerful fellows. Payson ordered the Freshmen 
to behave themselves, while the Juniors stood round urging them on. Calls for 
'76 were sounded, windows were thrown up all along the line. Sophomore horns 
gave the alarm, and cries of "'76" brought forth men from all directions. The 
Freshmen moved down the path in front of the Chapel, leading across the 
Campus, and the Sophomores made a charge. It was one great clash, each class 
numbering some fifty or sixty ; and soon over one hundred men were engaged in 
the utmost confusion in a furious hand-to-hand struggle. The Juniors then 
realized that they were witnessing a fiercer contest than they had contemplated, 
and attempted to save the weaker Freshmen from injury; but the battle waged 
and the struggling classes spread out in wider area over the Campus, and 
the fighting continued for nearly a quarter of an hour, till both sides were worn 
out, and it was finally called a draw ; but scarcely a man had a whole hat left, 
and many eyes were in mourning. 

The class officers elected by '"](> were, president, Morrill; vice-president, 
Payne ; secretary, Alden ; treasurer, Parker ; committee on odes, Gordon, Clark, 
and Yates ; committee on arrangements, Rowe, E. H. Kimball, and Libby. 

May 20. The Orient said: "The introductory game of ball was played 
recently by the Sophomores and Freshmen, and the latter were the victors, ■x,}^ 
to 16." 

May 26. The drill troubles culminated by about one hundred and twenty 
members of the three lower classes being suspended. The students had been 
restless for some time, and had made complaints to the Faculty, and sent a peti- 
tion to the boards in regard to the hardships of the military requirements. 
They were obliged to pay for their uniforms and caps. The government fur- 
nished the muskets and field-pieces, and the students were held responsible for 
government property placed in their possession. Much time was required in 
the study of tactics, especially by the officers, and in keeping equipments in 
order ; and inspections were held every week or two, while battalion drill was 
required every afternoon. The first insubordination occurred on Wednesday, 
May 20. The Orient gives the following account of it: "Just before the 
Juniors broke ranks, after artillery practice, an order was issued forbidding any 



46 BOWDOIX COLLEGE. 

hostile demonstrations while leaving the drill ground, and threatening any 
offenders in this respect with summary punishment. Here was a crisis. What- 
ever had been the rules hitherto, we had alwaj's been allowed to express our 
disapprobation of the drill, at least verbally." On breaking ranks a groan was 
given. Six men acknowledged their offence before the Faculty and were sus- 
pended or dismissed. The rest of the class united in an agreement not to drill 
again till the men were taken back. The Faculty could not properly give in to 
the students, and the Sophomore and Freshman classes entered into similar 
agreements. Gordon and Marrett of '76 stood by the Faculty and turned out in 
uniform at drill hour, and were dismissed by one of the instructors after answer- 
ing the roll-call. 

Things went along in an unsettled condition till May 26, when, the students 
remaining firm, the Sophomore and Freshman classes were ordered to meet in 
the lecture-room in Adams Hall, and soon after the Junior class was likewise 
summoned. There they were taken separately before a committee of the 
Faculty, and asked if they would obey all the laws of the college, including those 
pertaining to drill, and those who answered "No" were given only a few hours 
in which to leave town. On May 28 a circular was sent to the parents and guard- 
ians giving an account of the situation, and offering to reinstate the students if 
they would sign and return within ten days an enclosed blank, agreeing to abide 
by the regulations for drill till the meeting of the boards at Commencement, 
when, if no change was made, those so desiring would be given honorable dis- 
missals and allowed to go to other colleges, otherwise they would be expelled. 
Most all the students signed and returned, and the following fall drill became a 
voluntary exercise or an elective; and Major Sanger, Fourth United States Artil- 
lery, whose detail expired in 1875, desiring to leave, was ordered elsewhere, and 
Capt. Louis V. Caziarc, First United States Artillery, was detailed to take his 
place. He also took the Seniors in International Law. 

June I, Monday evening. Public competition by members of Senior class 
for the '68 prize. 

June 3-5. Examination of the Senior class. 

June 16, 17. Examination of the Medical class. 

June 22. The State Base- Ball Tournament was held on the Bowdoin 
Delta. Only two clubs appeared at the time to contest the championship of the 
State, — the White Stockings of Deering and the Bowdoin College nine. The 
game took place at 2 o'clock, and resulted in favor of the Bowdoins by a score 
of 21 to o. Our nine played unusually well, and every member deserved 
credit. 

June 27, Saturday morning. The Bowdoins played the Resolutes, being 
defeated this time bv a score of 1 8 to 1 1 . 



CLASS HISTORY. 



47 




MEDICAL SCHOOL. 



COMMONS HALL. 



THE DELTA. 



June 29, Monday evening. Prize declamation of the Sophomore class at 
Lemont Hall, with Chandler's Orchestra. 



ORDER OF EXERCISES. 

Music. 
Address in Behalf of the Greeks, Lacey. 



Curfew Must not Ring To-night, Aiwji. 
The Moor's Revenge, Vutor Hugo. 

The Death Penalty, Victor Hu^o. 



OLIVER C. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. 

GEORGE T. PRINCE, Boston, Mass. 

* HOWARD E. HALL, Newcastle, Me. 

CHARLES SARGENT, Machias, Me. 



48 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Music. 



The Famine, Longfe/low. 
Hiawatha's Departure, Lotigfel/ow. 



JOHN H. WHITE, Bowdoinham, Me. 



* ARTHUR T. PARKER, Boston, Mass. 
CcEUR DE LkIN at THE BlER OF HiS pAi HER, Afrs. Hettiaiis. 



Lyceum Speech of Mr. Oraior Climax, Anon. 



CHARLES D. JAMESON, Bangor, Me. 



WALTER A. ROBINSON, Bangor, Me. 



Music. 



Reply io Walpole, Pi/t. 



Friar Philip, Anon. 



Absalom, Willis. 



Music. 



First Prize, JOHN H. \VHITE. 
Second Prize, CHARLES A. PERRY. 



CHARLES A. PERRY, Brunswick, Me. 



* TASCUS ATWOOD, Auburn, Me. 



EDGAR YATES, Porilind, Me. 



* Excused. 



June 29 and July i. Examination of the three lower classes. The mem- 
bers of '76 received their papers of admission to the Junior class. 

July I. The Burial of Analytics took place with proper ceremonies. The 
Class of '76 met at 9.30 p. m. in the Mathematical recitation-room, formed a 
procession in front of the Chapel at 10 p. m., and marched through the town and 
back to the old oak, where exercises were held, after which the procession 
formed and moved to the funeral pyre back of the Chapel. Here, before the 
burning, " Concrematio Anna Lyticorum" was sung, then the Dirge, followed by 
the incantation by the Priest. During the burfiing the class sang " Sing Tan- 
gent, Co-tangent, Cosecant, Cosine," to the air of " Vilikins and His Dinah," 
followed by "We're Half-way Through," to the air of " I'm Going Home." 



CLASS HISTORY. 



HUMATIO ANN/E LYTIC^E. 

'76. 

A CLASSE JUNIORE. 

Collegii Bowdoiniensis, in Die ante Calendas Quintilles mdccclxxiv. Celebrabitur. 

PRiETOR. 

FRANCUS M. PAYSON. 

PRINCEPS PLORATOR. 

DANIELUS W. BROOKHOUSE. 

LICTORES. 
Carolus T. Hawes, 
VESPILLONES. 
Tascus Atwood, Guilielmus Alden, 

Carolus S. Andrews, Ervin B. Newcomb. 

CANTORES- 
Georgius F. Pratt, Albertus Somes, 

FOSSORES SEPULCHRI. 
Johannes H. Payne, Alpheus Sanford. 

D.ffi;MONES IGNIS. 
Arthurus T. Parker, Houard E. Hall. 

CURATORES. 
Guilielmus H. G. Rowe, Edvardus H. Kimball, 

FEROR FAKIRIS. 
Georgius Parsons. 



49 



Fredricus M. Stimson, 
Carolus Sargent, 

Arlo Bates, 



Johannes S. Leavitt. 

Carolus H. Clark, 

CoUinus G. Burnham. 



Johannes G. Libby. 



FIRST I'AGE. 



ORDO EXSEQUIARUM. 



VESPILLO. 
VESPILLO. 
VESPILLO. 



PRiETOR. 

CATERVA MUSICORUM. 

CURATORES. 

LICTOR 1. 

CANTORES. 

LICTOR II. 

FOSSORES SEPULCHRI. 

0000000 
o o 

o o 

o o 

o o 

o o 

0000000 

LICTOR III. 

SACERDOS. 

PRINCEPS PLORATOR. 

D^MONES IGNIS. 

CALCULUS DIVISIO. 

FEROR FAKIRIS. 

CETERI PLORATORES. 



VESPILLO. 
VESPILLO. 
VESPILLO. 



SECOND PACE. 

PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES. 



50 



BOVVDOIN COLLEGE. 



ORDO EXERCITATIONUM 



LA.UDATIO 



ELEGIA 



Cant us a Caterva Musicorum. 

Cantus a Caterva Musicorum. 

Carmen a Cantoribus. 



GUILIELMUS G. WAITT. 



ARLO BATES. 



y" — y' 

[in forma y — y' = -^^— ^ (x — x' )] 



LAMENTATIO 



Carmen Lugubre. 

Carmen a Cantoribus. 

Crematio. 

Carmen a Classe. 

Luctuosus Tumultus. 



OLIVERUS C. STEVENS. 



" x?v^vieoi*." 



THIRD I'AGE. 



CARMEN. 



AIR — " Auld Lang Syne. 



We've gathered here most mournfully, 

Our sad farewell to take 
Of our departed sister dear ; 

For us no more she'll wake. 
When she was with us here on earth, 

She daily racked our mind, 
But "Seventy-Six" she'll vex no more, 

For her death warrant's "sined." 



Then raise the chorus loud and long. 

Peal forth the requiem ; 
How goes "plane sailing," Anna dear, 

On the cursus ad Hadem? 

Our "Anna " led a temperate life 
Through all her mad career ; 



She took nothing save "ori-gin," 
But now she's on her "bier." 

And if by chance she's gone below. 
Or if, perhaps, to heaven, 

She has a ticket marked " return," 
Pro bono (?) "Seventy-Seven." 



To dusky Pluto we consign, 

With one almighty chorus. 
The tangent, sine, and cosine too. 

Directrix, cone, and focus. 
When Charon's boat has borne these o'er 

The surging river Styx, 
We'll "die " no more, but long will live 

To honor "Seventy-Six." 



FOURTH PAGE. 

PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES. 



CLASS HISTORY. 



51 



July 3. Examination for admission to college. 

July 6, Monday evening. Prize declamation of the Junior class. 

July 7. Graduating exercises of the Medical School. 

Meeting and public exercises of the Alumni. 

July 7-9. Annual meeting of the trustees and overseers. 

July 8, Wednesday evening. Commencement concert by Miss Annie 
Louise Gary, the Temple Quartet, and the Germania Band. 

July 9, Thursday. Commencement. 

July 10, Friday. The class day exercises of the Class of '74 took place at 
the church at 10.30 a. m., at the old oak at 2.30 p. m., with dancing on the 
green, music by the Germania Band, followed by the closing exercises at the 
Chapel at 5.30 p. m. 

JUNIOR YEAR. 

Sept. 24, 1874. Term began and '76 entered upon its career as the Junior 



class. 



A course of lectures was given in Lemont Hall for the benefit of the Me- 
morial Hall fund by different members of the Faculty, opening with Major 
Sanger's lecture on the "Encounter between the 'Monitor' and the 'Merrimac' 
at Fortress Monroe," of which he was a spectator, and followed by Prof. J. B. 
Sewall, on " Culture of Art"; Prof. J. S. Sewall, on "Adventures of Japan Ex- 
pedition"; Prof. G. L. Vose, Jan. 28, on " Glaciers of the Alps"; and Prof. Car- 
michael, on " Flame," illustrated by apparatus. 

Oct. 10. An exciting game of ball was played between the Bowdoins and 
Bates nine at ten o'clock on the Delta, with the following result : — 



SUMMARY. 



BOWDOINS. 



A. Whitmore, c. 
Fuller, c. f. . 
Payson, p. . 
Cobb, 3d b. 
S. Whitmore, 1. 
Crocker, 2d b. 
Waitt, r. f. . 
Sanford, ist b. 
Wright, s. s. 



O.R. 

I 5 



BATES. 



P. R. Clason, s. s 
Hall, I St b 
Oakes, p. 
Burr, c. f.' 
Noble, 1. f. 
Day, c. 
O. B. Clason, 2d 
Whitney, 3d b. 
Adams, r. f. 



b. 



O.R. 

3 2 

3 2 

5 o 

2 2 

3 o 

3 2 

4 I 
3 2 
I 3 



Bowdoins 
Bates 



ist 

2 

I 



2d 

4 

4 



27 17 

3d 4th 

o 2 

5 I 



5th 



6th 
3 
o 



7 th 
I 
o 



8th 9th 



Umpire — Mr. W. Crawford. Scorers — Alden, Bowdoin ; Rankin, Bates. 



27 14 

— 17 

— 14 



5^ 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Oct. 17. The Bowdoin nine went to Lewiston and played the Bates on 
their own grounds, with the following result : — 















SUMMARY. 












BOWDOINS. 





. R. 


BATES. 




0. R. 


Whitmore, c. 




,3 


2 


Hall, ISt b. 




3 I 


Fuller, 3d b. 










I 


2 


P. R. Clason, c. f. 








. 4 


Payson, p. 


. 








I 


I 


Noble, 1. f. . 








3 I 


Crocker, 2d b. 


. 








5 





Burr, s. s. . 








2 


S. Whitmore, 1. 


f. 








3 





Day, c. 








4 


Jacobs, c. f. 


. 








4 





Adams, r. f. 








2 2 


Waitt, r. f. . 










4 





Whitney, 2d b. . 








3 I 


Sanford, ist b. 










4 





0. B. Clason, 3d b. 








3 


Wright, s. s. 


• 








2 


2 


Oakes, p. . 








3 






27 


7 






27 5 




ISt 2d 


3d 


4 th 


5th 6th yth 8th 


9 th 




Bowdoins 


• 3 2 





1 


0100 





— 7 


Bates 


. 















100 


] 




3 


— 5 



Umpire — Mr. Wilson. 
Time of game, 2 hours. Scorers — For Bowdoin, Rowe ; for Bates, Rankin. 



Nov. 18. Joseph Griffin, who for fifty years had been printer to Bowdoin 
College, died at his house after a short illness. 

Dec. 4. Gymnastic exhibition at City Hall, Portland. We quote from 
the Orient of Dec. 16: "The performances were little marred by failures to 
accomplish what was attempted, for whenever a slip was made the agility with 
which it was corrected was almost equal to the trick itself. So varied were the 
acts that it would be impossible to speak of them individually. Nearly all were 
of the highest quality and exhibited a superior state of proficiency. The eleva- 
tion at which the apparatus was suspended added great effect to the balancing 
act, and also to the trapeze and eschelle. And one act upon this last, it being 
the first time it has ever appeared to public view in the State, is especially 
worthy of note. Bolster's somersault in passing — a distance of twenty feet — 
from Sargent's to Stanwood's hands is referred to. The whole performance 
upon this piece of apparatus was characterized by a degree of certainty which 
was sufficient evidence that success was not the result of accident, but of steady, 
unflinching, practised nerve. 

" Princeton boasts that she has better gymnasts than any other college. We 
acknowledge her supremacy in athletic sports, yet we challenge her to exhibit 
more difficult and polished tricks than those done at this exhibition. 

"We do not wish to blow our own trumpet. We only state the facts upon 



CLASS HISTORY. S3 

which the press of the State have enlarged, and which is not backward in saying 
that no amateur troupe ever showed a more perfect state of excellence. Gym- 
nastics have long been reduced to a system with us, but never has this system 
been working so admirably as at present. We can plainly see its beneficial 
results in particular individuals. We leave it to our brother of the Telegraph, 
who was so quick to perceive the improved bearing and conduct of the students 
after a few weeks' drill, to note the physical improvement in the generality of 
Pres. Chamberlain's scholars." 

Dec. 2 1. Exhibition of the Senior and Junior classes, and hop in Lemont 
Hall. 

VACATION OF TWO WEEKS. 

Jan. 7, 1875, Thursday. Second term began. 

Jan. 19. Meeting of the boards of trustees and overseers. 

Feb. 18, Thursday. Medical session began. 

March 10, Wednesday evening. Lecture by Hon. Carl Schurz, on " Educa- 
tional Problems." 

April 5, Monday evening. Exhibition of the Senior and Junior classes. 

April 6, 7, Tuesday and Wednesday. Examination of all the classes and 
close of term. 

VACATION OF ONE WEEK. 

April 15, Thursday. Third term began. 

April 28. The new board of editors of the Bowdoin Orient from the Class 
of '76 appeared in this issue, and consisted of Arlo Bates, C. H. Clarke, C. T. 
Hawes, E. H. Kimball, J. G. Libby, J. A. Morrill, and W. H. G. Rowe. 

May 3. Prize debate for the St. Croix medal. 

A few days later City Hall, Portland, was well filled to witness the spell- 
ing-match between twenty-five collegians and the same number of young ladies 
from the Portland High School. Mr. George E. B. Jackson requested the audi- 
ence to become quiet for a spell. Instructor Robinson and Tutor Chandler acted 
as judges for Bowdoin, and Messrs. Patten and Chase of the Pligh School for the 
young ladies. 

The contest was close ; one side was never more than three ahead of the 
other. Finally Felch won the set of Dickens's works, and Miss Devoll the 
dictionary. After singing " It's a Way we have at Old Bowdoin" and "Good 
Night, Ladies," in the hall, the boys assembled on the sidewalk and made the 
streets of Portland ring with songs on their way to the depot. 

May .28, Friday, was the Ivy Day of '76. The committee consisted of Alden, 
Andrews, and Parsons. 



54 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

The foUowinor account of the exercises is taken from the Orient : — 
" The Junior class have every reason to congratulate themselves for the 
beautiful day and the excellent arrangements of the committee. At a quarter 
before four o'clock, Friday afternoon, the class assembled in the South Wing and 
marched to the Chapel, occupying the Senior seats. The following is a pro- 
gramme of the Chapel exercises : — 

Music. 

Prayer . . . . . . . . . J. M. Hill. 

Oration . . . . . . . . . W. G. Waiti. 

Music. 
Poem ......... Arlo Bates. 

Music. 

" The class quartet, consisting of Bates, Burnham, Hall, and Hill, furnished 
excellent music. The concluding piece, ' Nos Beata,' was one which Bowdoin 
claims as its own ; it is proposed to publish it in the new Carmina. 

"Waitt gave an interesting sketch of the wants of the past year, a brief 
history of the custom of planting the ivy, and in conclusion alluded to the fitness 
of every class placing beside our chapel a plant which shall remain as a memorial 
of it after it has left old Bowdoin's halls." 

IVY DAY POEM. 

Some modern cynic, — a class I despise, — 
In attempting to prove himself wonderful wise. 

Declares that when a man begins 

To spread excuses o'er his sins. 

He rather plans to trespass more 

Than sorrows for his fault before. 

Yet I desire to have it known 

That not the class' choice or my own 

Has poet made me. But then who — 

And I appeal, my friends, to you ! — 

Could steal his heart against the cry, 

"We can find no one else, you'll have to try ! " 

It's truly flattering to one's pride 

To know that the committee tried 

In vam to find a worthy poet. 

Before they said to him, " You go it ! " 
However, I think I'm the meekest man 
That has ever been seen since Moses began — 
What now is the universal plan — 
That of making a bank, when a lady you'd win, 



CLASS HISTORY. 55 

The base of your hope. So I put my head in 
The noose they'd prepared. I first to the muse 
Sent a postal card straight ; for I feared she'd refuse, 
If I went without warning, to help me at all. 
As I got no reply, I determined to call. 
It isn't my purpose to bore you to-day 
With all the minor details of the way. 

But I got to Parnassus, and there, on a stone 

By "Castalius fons," sat the goddess alone. 

She was washing Jove's linen ; and all her back hair 

She had laid on a stone with the nicest of care. 

Her cheeks were unpainted, her buskins unlaced, 

Her bodice and kerchief were both much displaced. 

It may be, indeed, that the best-natured muse 
All comfort and aid would full surely refuse 
To the poet who caught her thus in dishabille ; 
And I own for myself that I could not but feel 
That I'd followed my postal card rather too soon. 
And the moment at least was not quite opportune. 

" I truly hope, madam, I do not intrude," 
I said very humbly, " on your solitude. 
I'd have waited your call, had I not stood in fear 
That you never would summon me thus to appear." 
"Therein you were certainly," said she, "quite right ; 
And now, having come, please be gone from my sight." 
" Ah, goddess ! " I answered, " the glance of your eye 
Would nerve me in combat before you to die ; 
But how can I leave you? " 

" The road is the same," 
She answered quite coldly, " as that which you came." 
In spite of this coldness I did not despair 
Of gaining my end if I managed with care : 
So I flattered the muse, and made her confess 
That she only was cross to be seen in such dress. 
Then I quoted, not thinking of anything new, 
A proverb that's rather more trite than true, 
About unadorned beauty. And then she grew gay. 
And thought, as I'd come, on the whole, I might stay. 
I told her my errand. She sadly complained 
That none of her ancient glory remained. 

" Once bards," she said, " in all their song 

Proclaimed my praises loud and long ; 



56 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

But now each rhymster takes his pay, 
And writes his rhyme in his own way." 
"Ah !" said I, "in my feeble lays 
I longed to celebrate your praise, 
And hoped my honor to secure 
Invoking thee." 

" Indeed, I'm sure," 
She answered, " I of your designs 
Must need approve. Read me some lines." 
Then I without the more ado 
Rehearsed to her a verse or two. 

TO THE MUSE. 

Muse ! sweeter than any from the mouth 
Of cat or kitten, on the dreary drouth 

Of my ideas descend in fertile showers. 
Think, gentle goddess, on the weary hours 
I've longing sighed thy side to seek 
And press my kisses on thy boundless cheek ! 

" Quite nice," she said ; " I own you touch 
My heart a little. I've not much 
To give you. 

Here's indeed a song. 
But it's neither very sweet nor long." 

Then she took from her pocket a number of things, - 
Some hairpins, a pipe, a parcel of rings. 
And, " last but not least," the following ode. 
Which, were it my own, I would ne\"er have showed. 

1 beg of the ladies to censure the muse. 

If they to take umbrage should happen to choose. 

THE CLASS COLOR. 

"What shall our color be? " 
The Junior gravely said ; 

While a host of dies confusedly Hies 
In rainbows through his head. 

" I know not which of three — 
The green, the red, the blue — 

May worthily the emblem be 
Of seventy-six so true." 

But then he chanced to see 
A damsel's blushing check : 

" Oh, let it be red ! " the Junior said. 
With joy he could not speak. 



CLASS HISTORY. 57 

Red is the lovely rose, 

Its beauty freshly blown ; 
And in the dies of sunset skies 

Our glorious red is shown. 

Red is the maiden's mouth ; 

And thus to all 'tis known, 
That when we sip the maiden's lip 

We only take our own ! 

Earnest, and long, and dull was the chat 

I held with the coy, perverse muse after that. 

"This ode to our color ! " I cried in dismay, 

" However delightful it be in its way, 

Is not very appropriate just at this time." 

" Very well," returned she, " you may make your own rhyme ; 

It is nothing to me." 

"You mistake," I replied; 
" I am honored indeed that you even decide 
Not to frown on my suit. And I know that beside 
You'll write me a poem, O lovely haired one !" 
By that single adjective was the thing done. 
The muse pulled a beau-catcher down by her ear, 
Put her hand in her pocket, and answered, " Well, here ; 
Take the thing, if you want it ! " 

I hastened to say 
My thanks and farewells, as I hurried away ; 
And this is the muse's latest gift for to-day : — 



A LEGEND OF THE IVY. 



Somewhere, in musty books, is read 

The legend of a peerless knight. 
Who, after years of toil, and peril dread, 

Of hard won victory in bitter fight. 
Knelt to receive a tourney's crown. 

And thought to feel upon his brow 

The laurel or ihe bay ; and how 
A wreath of ivy on his forehead brown 
Was placed instead ! and when surprise 

At garland as reward of knightly daring new 
Was written plainly in his eager eyes. 
The tourney's queen leaned forward from her place, 
And, bending down towards him her perfect face, 

Said earnestly with words that thrilled him through 



58 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

" Not till the whole of strife is done, 
Not till the whole of life is passed, 

Is the fair garland of the laurel won, 
Man's noblest guerdon ever is his last." 



Years passed ; and in the midst of strife 

The knight fought bravely to the end. 
Then, when he knew he was done with life, 

He sent to her his truest knightly friend, 
And called the old-time tourney queen. 

"Life, — breath," he said, "are ebbing fast away. 

Have I not earned at last the conqueror's bay? " 
She bent and kissed his brow, her tears between. 
" Not yet," she answered ; " still remaineth death 

Unconquered." " Ah ! the crown ! " he said ; his smile 
Stilling in endless calm, as fled the fluttering breath. 
" Now hast thou rest at last, ah, truest heart," 
The lady said, " that ever felt the smart 

Of earth's slow torture." Then she mused awhile — 
" And yet it cannot be," at length she said, 

"That thou wilt idly lurk in nerveless gloom." 
And when they laid away the honored dead. 

She placed not bay, but ivy, on his tomb. 



III. 

" Because I may not know," she said, 

" That he is done with striving yet. 
It cannot be that with the noble dead 

He will the hour of victory forget. 
It well may be that in some isle 

Full far beyond the reach of mortal ken^ 

He still remembers all he did for men ; 
And I half fancy I can see his smile 
If he should chance to look upon a wreath 

Of ivy : for it still must be the sign 
Of all the foes he trod his feet beneath." 
To us the tale to-day may mean 
That not the brows that laurel-crowned are seen 

Need be the noblest. Those where twine 
The ivy, symbol of aspirings high, 

May give a promise richer for the needs 
Of life's hard battles which before us He, — 

The promise of a life of noble deeds. 



CLASS HISTORY. 59 

After the poem the class proceeded to the north side of the Chapel, and 
there each member deposited a trowelful of earth around the plant ; and a bottle 
containing an invitation, programme, and the last number of the OrieiU was 
placed at its root. The Ivy Ode, written by A. T. Parker, was then sung to the 
tune of " Dearest Mae": — 

The tie which binds us, friend to friend, 

To class and college dear, 
'Tis to renew the golden chain 

We plant our ivy here. 
The emblem of our love and hope, 

Our trust and honor, too — 
The emblem of our loyal hearts, 

To Alma Mater true. 

None knoweth how, from seeming death, 

The springing budlets swell, 
Nor how the hand of friendship grows 

Can sage or poet tell ; 
And yet in every heart to-day 

The power of love is known, 
We feel the hope of every heart 

By that which swells our own. 

The years may scatter us afar. 

Yet toward the upper air 
Our iives shall struggle, like the vine, 

To seek perfection there. 
We leave behind us, when we go 

To scenes so far and new, 
A friend to speak in tones of love 

To keep our memory true. 

After the ivy had been committed to the care of A. T. Parker, the class 
sung "The Class Color." The closing exercises of the day were the presenta- 
tions. The first was a spade for the "dig" of the class; the president, Bates, 
called upon Clark and presented to him in the name of the class the token of 
their " recognition and appreciation of his rooted faith that the beginnings of 
language are below the surface," expressing the wish that when he should honor 
us by using it, it might be instrumental in obtaining for him a " ten-strike." 
The recipient pleasantly responded, speaking of the dignity of labor, and of his 
pride in being chosen as the "dig" of '76. He was not ashamed to arrive by 
study at the same point which some attained by other means. 

In a speech which would excessively try the powers of reporters, the presi- 



6o . BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

dent presented a pony to Gordon, as the class " hossist." We have an idea 
that the latter gentleman was somewhat disturbed by the thought of the " pri- 
mordial evolution of harmony out of chaotic disorder," as doubtless he had been 
before by striving after the "means of acquiring increased rapidity of transition.' 

To encourage him in his struggle, the class presented to Stevens the 
mustache cup, claiming the right, however, ot seeing his mustache before 
graduation. To Alden, as the handsomest man, was presented a mirror ; and 
the jack-knife, for the homeliest man, was voted to Evans. The last presenta- 
tion was the wooden spoon to the most popular man, and the choice of the class 
gave this honor to Sanford. In his acknowledgment he said that it had always 
been his aim to advance the interests of '76, placing them second only to those 
of the college. 

This concluded the exercises of the day. We feel sure that every member 
was conscious of an increased pride in his class, and will long remember the 
28th of May. In the evening the Ivy Hop took place at Lemont Hall, with 
music by Chandler's six. 

Saturday, May 29, our nine went to Portland and played a practice game 
with the Resolutes. This was the first game our club had played this term, and 
several of the men had their fingers badly used up, which rendered good playing 
on our part quite impossible. Both nines played badly. The score stood 
13 to 6 in favor of the Resolutes. 

May 31, Monday evening. Public competition by Seniors for the Class of 
'68 prize. 

June 3—5. Examination of the Senior class. 

THE REGATTA. 
[From the Orient.'] 

June 5, Saturday forenoon. " 'A conclusion in which nothing is decided 
is always unfortunate, and the regatta has unhappily been an instance of this. 
As the first regatta held for some time, many allowances must be made ; and, 
notwithstanding their mistakes, much praise is due to those who have been 
instrumental in putting it through. The course of the race, three miles in 
length, was from the railroad bridge, passing down round Cow Island on the 
Topsham and up on the Brunswick side. The Sophomores and Freshmen crews 
pulled in gigs, while the upper classmen had shells. The gigs were new, but 
the shells had been much used before, and that of '75, especially, was much out 
of repair. By some unfortunate misjudgment the Sophomores and Freshmen 
were allowed a minute and a half as the difference in boats. There was an 
almost universal feeling of surprise at this decision, and among the upper 



CLASS HISTORY. 6i 

classes, at least, much dissatisfaction. '75 withdrew from the race altogether. 
'76, although perhaps equally convinced of the injustice of this allowance, did 
not withdraw, but pulled under protest. 

"The Juniors were next to the Topsham shore, but took the next place, 
which was left vacant by the withdrawal of the Seniors. The Freshmen were 
next, while the Sophomores' place was next the Brunswick side. The Juniors 
were the last to come into line, and, with their white shirts and red head-handker- 
chiefs, and their even, smooth pulling, were the finest-looking crew on the river. 
The crews started at about a quarter before eleven, the Juniors quickly taking 
the lead, the Freshmen being slightly behind the Sophomores. About the 
tenth stroke the footboard of the rudder broke while the rudder was to port, 
where it remained fixed throughout the race. The Juniors were thus com- 
pletely crippled for the rest of the course. The Sophomores attempted to run 
between the outlying shoal and the island, running aground and abandoning 
the race. The Juniors led until the turn at the foot of the island was reached 
when the Freshmen gained nearly ten boat lengths, '76's rudder being 
unmanageable. 

"The Freshmen crew made the three miles in 21 minutes 46 seconds, the 
Juniors in 22 minutes 34^^ seconds. 

"A large number of spectators had assembled to witness the race, and all 
were much disappointed at the unsatisfactory manner in which it ended. Of 
course each of the classes still claims the championship for its own crew, and 
only another race can settle the matter. 

" After the conclusion of the regatta the '75 crew pulled against time, in 22 
minutes 15 seconds, but with a boat leaking badly. 

"The officers of the regatta were as follows : Referee and starter, Hunter, '74 ; 
timekeepers, W. P. Walker and W. R. Field; judges at stake-boat. Profs. Car- 
mlchael and Moore ; judges at lower end of island, Hall, '75, Hall, '76, Mitchell, 
'77, Paine, '78. 

"The prize consisted of four gold watchguard slides, bearing a pair of 
crossed oars, and engraved with name, date, and time made." 

FIELD DAY. 

"The second semi-annual Field Day of the Bowdoin Athletic Association 
was held Saturday afternoon, the 5th inst. The sports, which were held upon 
the Topsham Fair Ground, were witnessed by the students eji masse and a large 
number of their friends. The weather was pleasant, and, without the slight 
breeze which influenced the throwing of the base ball, would have been most 
favorable. The board of directors of the association, consisting of Waitt, '76. 



62 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Hargraves, '']'], and Fessenden, '78, with Parker, '76, as master of sports, had 
charge of the exercises. Prof. Carmichael acted as referee, and Ladd, '']^, and 
Sargent, '75, as judges. The measuring tape was managed by Sewall, '77, and 
Peary, '77; Stevens, '76, and Rowe, '76, kept the time. 

"At a quarter past three o'clock the one-half-mile walk was called. Evans, 
'76, and Hall, '78, appeared. During the race the contestants repeatedly broke 
into a run, but Evans came in ahead in 3 minutes 28 ^4 seconds. The one- 
hundred-yard dash came next, for the best two out of three heats. Payson, 
'76, and Alden, '76, entered. By mistake the men were started for the first heat 
forty feet beyond the designated point. Alden ran this heat in 13 seconds, and 
Payson withdrawing, made the second in 1 1 ^4 seconds. Next the one- half-mile 
run was called; there were four entries, — Cobb, C. E., '77, Stimson, '76, Alden, 
'76, and Sanford, '76. At the start Alden took the lead, thus increasing the 
spirit of the race; but, laboring under the disadvantage of being out of breath 
from his previous race, dropped out during the first quarter of a mile. Cobb 
gained the race in 2 minutes 19^4 seconds, Sanford second in 2 minutes 35 
seconds, Stimson thiixl. Throwing the base ball was next. Knight, '77, Payson, 
'76, Crocker, '77, and Peary, '']'], participated. Hall, '78, thinking the sports 
were made too serious, furnished fun for the crowd. Peary threw the ball the 
farthest, — 316 feet; Payson came next, — 306.7 feet; Knight third, and Crocker 
fourth. The best throw made last fall was 304 feet. 

" Peary, '77, and Mitchell, '77, entered for the running jump. Three trials 
were allowed. Mitchell's best leap was 16.5 feet, Peary's 15.3 feet. The most 
exciting race of the day was the two-mile walk. Evans, '76, Jacobs, '']^ , Burleigh, 
'78, Mitchell, '77, and Cousins, '77, entered. At the end of the first half-mile 
Cousins and Burleigh were abreast, making the course in 4 minutes 55 M 
seconds. At the end of the first mile Mitchell came in first, in 9 minutes 59-^1 
seconds. Jacobs made the mile and a half in 15 minutes 4 seconds. Evans, 
who was walking very easily, was ruled out a short distance past the pole, and 
Burleigh and Mitchell stopped during the last half-mile. The race was now 
very closely contested ; Cousins, however, received his last warning when within 
a short distance of the line, and Jacobs won in 19 minutes 40 seconds. The 
prize was a nice gold-headed cane, presented by a lady friend of the students. 

" Next came the standing jump. Cobb, '']'], and Potter, '78, were the con- 
testants. Cobb won, jumping 9.5 feet. Potter's best jump was 9.4 feet. The 
best jump last fall was 9.4 feet. For the two-mile run Hall, '75, and Crocker, 
'11, entered. They ran the first mile side by side, in 6 minutes 26 ^2 seconds. 
During the first half of the next mile Crocker stopped, and Hall came past 
the stand in 9 minutes 27 seconds. He ran the last half-mile for record, coming 
in splendidly in 12 minutes 45^4' seconds. The last exercise was the three- 



CLASS HISTORY. 



63 



legged race for one hundred yards. Hall, '78, and Jacobs, '78, won in 17 M 
seconds, against Thing, '78, and Baker, '78. 

"The sports were voted a success by everybody who witnessed them, and 
the association can well congratulate itself on the good management." 

June 10-12. Examination of the Medical class. 

June 14, Monday evening. Reception of the Classes of 'j^i ^.nd '74, Bruns- 
wick High School, at Tontine Hall. 

June 28, Monday evening. Prize declamation of the Sophomore class. 

June 28-30. Examination of the three lower classes. 

July 4. Baccalaureate address. 

July 5, Monday evening. Prize declamation of the Junior class at the 
church ; music by Ballard's Orchestra. The committee consisted of Sanford, 
Hill, and Clark. 

ORDER OF EXERCISES. 

Music. 



Overture — "The Diadem" ....... 

Loss OF THE Arctic . 

CHARLES H. CLARK, Bangor. 

The Battle 

JERE M. HILL, Buxton. 
Against Employing Lvdians in the War .... 

JOHN G. LIBBY, Wells. 
The Accolade ......... 

JOHN H. PAYNE, Bath. 



Herman 
Beecher 

Schiller 

Chatham 

Bayard Taylor 



Music 



Waltz — " Die Schone Welt " 

National Characteristics ........ 

* FRANK C. PAYSON, Portland. 

Matches and Overmatches 

CHARLES A. PERRY, Brunswick. 
Grandmother's Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill 

GEORGE T. PRINCE, Boston, Mass. 
Some Objections to the Development Theory .... 

A. HORTON SARIN, Mason City, Iowa. 



Ruckenschiili 
Original 

Webster 

Holmes 

Original 



Music. 



Selections from " Lucia di Lammermoor." 

Education and ris Errors ....... 

ALPHEUS SANFORD, Boston, Mass. 



Original 



64 BOWDOIX COLLEGE. 

Franchise Limited by Education ........ . Origitial 

* CHARLES SARGENT, Machias. 
Shall we Encourage the Immigrant? ....... . Original 

OLIVER C. STEVENS, Boston Mass. 

The Polish Boy Mrs. Stcphejis 

JOHN H. AVHITE, Bowdoinham. 

Music. 

Concert Galop ........... . Beyer 

First Prize, GEORGE T. PRINCE. Second Prize, CHARLES A. PERRY. 

* Excused. 

July 6. Gymnastic exhibition and hop in Lemont Hall. 

July 6-8. Annual meeting of the trustees and overseers. 

July 6. Meeting- and public exercises of the Alumni. 

Jul\" 7, Wednesday. Fiftieth anniversary exercises of the surviving mem- 
bers of the Class of '25, and original poem by Henr)- \V. Longfellow. Com- 
mencement concert in the evening by Miss Annie Louise Carey, Miss Henrietta 
Beebe, Mr. W. H. Fessenden, Mr. W. H. Beckett, and the Philharmonic Club 
of Boston. 

COMME^XEMENT WEEK AT BOWDOIX. 

Brunswick, Me., July 7, 1875. 
Notwithstanding the intermittent showers that have thus far marked Commencement week, and 
the close, oppressive heat that has been so wilting in its effects, there has been no drawback to the 
usual attendance of alumni. It is true the number who have returned to the scenes of Alma Mater 
has not been large until to-day, when the long-looked-for semi-centennial anniversary of the Class 
of '25 largely increased the number of alumni and visitors, and the old classic town assumed its 
gala appearance of days gone by. The college buildings were thrown open to the public, and 
scores of people found plenty of attractions to use up the time before listening to the exercises that 
came off. Most of the college buildings retain their ancient look, although some of them have 
been changed to conform to modern architecture. The campus was never clad in brighter verdure, 
and the stately old trees never wore a more majestic look. 

doings of the boards. 

The resignations of Profs. Sewall and AVhite have been accepted. 

An animated discussion took place in joint convention on the denominational character of the 
college. It resulted in showing that, while the college may not be regarded as being of a sectarian 
character, it has the confidence and support of the Congregational Church of Maine. 

Cyrus Woodman of Boston, and certain citizens of Buxton in this State, have contributed 
fifteen hundred dollars for the founding of a scholarship for the benefit of students who enter 
the college from Buxton. It will be known as the Buxton scholarship. 

Dr. Bert G. Wilder of Cornell University has been elected Professor of Physiology in the Med- 
ical School. 



CLASS HISTORY. 65 

HONORS TO THE CLASS~OF '25. 

Last evening the surviving members of the Class of '25 were handsomely entertained at the resi- 
dence of Prof. J. S Sewall. There were nine members present, and several were accompanied by 
their wives. Those who participated in this reunion were Charles J. Abbott, Castine ; J. S. C. 
Abbott, New York ; S. P. Brown, North Yarmouth ; J. W. Bradbury, Augusta ; Horatio Bridge, 
Washington, D. C. ; Rev. Dr. George B. Cheever, New York ; Prof. Henry W. Longfellow, Cam 
bridge ; Rev. Dr. David Shepley, Providence, R. L The venerable Prof. A. S. Packard, one of the 
old instructors of the class, was also present. The occasion was one of rare interest and enjoyment. 
Several members of the class had not seen each other since graduation, and their surprise when 
recognition took place after an absence of fifty years caused considerable merriment. This evening 
the class will be entertained by Prof Packard, when, it is expected, all the surviving members 
numbering thirteen, will be present. 

THE ALUMNI MEETING. 

This forenoon the meeting of the Alumni Association took place at the chemical lecture-room. 
The attendance of alumni was large, some sixty or seventy being present. 

In the absence of Hon. S. H. Blake, president of the association, the vice-president, Prof. 
E. C. Smythe, D. D., of Andover presided. 

The most important business disposed of was the realing and acceptance of several reports. 

Melville VV. Fuller, Esq., of Chicago was nominated to fill a vacancy in the Board of Over- 
seers which belongs to the alumni to fill. 

The total indebtedness on the Memorial Hall building was shown to be $6,425, which indebt- 
edness had not been lessened the past year. 

It was shown that the corporators of the Bowdoin College Memorial Hall Association had not 
organized under the act of incorporation, and that additional legislation was necessary. 

The total amount of subscriptions to the alumni fund up to last June was shown to be $12,298, 
of which $10,144.98 have been paid in and of which $9,177 have been invested in good-paying 
stocks. This fund is one inaugurated by the alumni some three years ago, to be kept as a distinct 
fund, the income of which to be applied for the benefit of the college. 

It was also shown that of the proposed endowment fund of $100,000, a measure inaugurated 
by the boards two years ago, there is a deficit of some $12,000 or $15,000, the total amount of 
subscriptions raised being $85,000. Of this amount there have been paid in rising $31,000, which, 
with the alumni fund, makes a total of some $42,000 which has been actually secured. There being 
some misapprehension existing as to the exact status of these funds, a clearer and more comprehen- 
sive statement will be made to-morrow after the Commencement dinner, when it is expected that 
measures will be devised to raise the necessary amount to relieve the college in the trymg emergency 
through which it is passing, and place it beyond any immediate want so far as money is concerned. 
Already several gentlemen have signified their intention of making generous contributions. 

DOINGS OF THE BOARDS. 

Mr. Frederick K. Smythe has been appointed tutor in mathematics and also teacher in the 
gymnasium. 

SEMI-CENTENNIAL EXERCISES OF CLASS OF 1 825. 

This afternoon took place the semi centennial exercises of the Class of 1S25 at the Congre- 
gational Church. The sacred edifice was filled to overflowing with the College Faculty, members 



66 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

of the boards, alumni, undergraduates, and friends of the college. The surviving members of the 
Class of '25 occupied conspicuous seats, and seemed to enter with zest into the interesting exercises 
that marked an important era in the history of their class. The most of them were gray-haired, 
having passed the allotted time of life, and many of them bore evidence that they were well preserved 
and enjoyed as good health as those of less mature years. With them life was made up in confront- 
ing its realities instead of battling its shadows, and there were none but from whose face beamed 
the sunshine of happiness. 

The exercises opened with the delivery of an original poem, written for the occasion, by 
Henry W. Longfellow, LL. D., whose presence on the fiftieth anniversary of his class was one of 
the high honors that the class enjoyed. 

The poem was followed by an oration by Rev. George B. Cheever, D. D., of New York, also 
another surviving member of the class. The substance of his oration was an argument, from six 
thousand years' experience in the world, for the union of science and religion in the education of the 
human mind. 

THE CONCERT. 

This evening will take place the usual Commencement concert, under the auspices of the grad- 
uating class. Miss Annie Louise Cary, the charming cantatrice, assisted by other singers of lesser 
note, together with the Philharmonic Club of Boston, are billed for the occasion. — Boston Journal. 



"At ten in the morning the regular business meeting of the Ahimni took 
place in Adams Hall. At half past eleven, by the request of Prof. Packard, 
the Bowdoin Praying Circle held a meeting at the Senior Recitation-Room, to 
which all former members of the association were invited. The result was very 
gratifying. The room was filled principally by graduate members. The great 
event of the day was, of course, the public meeting of the Alumni at the church 
in the afternoon. A very short time after the opening of the church it was filled 
by an expectant crowd, excepting those seats reserved for the Alumni. After a 
long time of waiting, more or less patient in individual cases, the procession 
entered the house. There was not a sufficient number of seats to accommodate 
them all, and some of the more youthful members of the body were compelled 
to stand. 

" In a few remarkably graceful words the president of the Alumni Associa- 
tion, Prof. Egbert C. Smyth, introduced the Class of 1825. The day was theirs. 
They needed no guests, and were each other's own best company. It was an 
act of condescension for them to consent to make their anniversary exercises 
public. These would all be by the class and as before the class. Prayer was 
then offered by Rev. John S. C. Abbott. Next followed the poem by Henry W. ' 
Longfellow, whose appearance on the platform was greeted by vehement and 
continued applause. To those of us to whom the poet's verse has long been 
dear from its own inherent worth, it will be doubly dear now that we have 
heard it from his own lips. To hear Longfellow is a boon not vouchsafed to 



CLASS HISTORY. 6j 

many, and those to whom it is granted will not soon forget, will never forget, 
that they heard from the lips of America's greatest poet the poem on the fifti- 
eth anniversary of the graduation of his college class. Cheever's oration, imme- 
diately following the poem, was one of great breadth and power, and eminently 
fitted to follow the master- work which had preceded it." — Bowdoin Orient, July 
14, 1875. 

MORITURI SALUTAMUS. 



BY HENRY VV. LONGFELLOW. 



Tempora labuntur, tacitisque senescimus annis, 
Et fugiunt freno non remorante dies. 

Ovid, Fastorwn, Lib. vi. 

'\ O Cjesar, we who are about to die 
Salute you ! " was the gladiators' cry 
In the arena, standing face to face 
With death and with the Roman populace. 

O ye familiar scenes — ye groves of pine, 

That once were mine and are no longer mine — 

Thou river widening through the meadows green 

To the vast sea, so near and yet unseen — 

Ye halls, in whose seclusion and repose 

Phantoms of fame, like exhalations, rose 

And vanished — we who are about to die 

Salute you ; earth and air and sea and sky, 

And the Imperial Sun that scatters down 

His sovereign splendors upon grove and town. 

Ye do not answer us ! ye do not hear ! 
We are forgotten ; and in your austere 
And calm indifference, ye little care 
Whether we come or go, or whence or where. 
What passing generations fill these halls. 
What passing voices echo from these walls. 
Ye heed not ; we are only as the blast, 
A moment heard, and then forever past 

Not so the teachers who in earlier days 

Led our bewildered feet through learning's maze; 

They answer us — alas ! what have I said ? 

What greetings come there from the voiceless dead ? 

What salutition, welcome, or reply? 

What pressure from the hands that lifeless lie ? 

They are no longer here ; they all are gone 

Into the land of shadows — all save one. 



68 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Honor and reverence, and the good repute 
That follows faithful service as its fruit, 
Be unto him, whom living we salute. 

The great Italian poet, when he made 

His dreadful journey to the realms of shade, 

Met there the old instructor of his youth, 

And cried in tones of pity and of ruth : 

" Oh, never from the memory of my heart 

Your dear, paternal image shall depart. 

Who while on earth, ere yet by death surprised. 

Taught me how mortals are immortalized ; 

How grateful am I for that patient care 

All my life long my language shall declare." 

To-day we make the poet's words our own, 

And utter them in plaintive undertone ; 

Nor to the living only be they said, 

But to the other living called the dead, 

Whose dear, paternal images appear 

Not wrapped in gloom, but robed in sunshine here ; 

Whose simple lives, complete and without flaw, 

Were part and parcel of great Nature's law ; 

Who said not to their Lord, as if afraid, 

" Here is thy talent in a napkin laid," 

But labored in their sphere, as those who live 

In the delight that work alone can give. 

Peace be to them ; eternal peace and rest. 

And the fulfilment of the great behest : 

" Ye have been faithful over a few things. 

Over ten cities shall ye reign as kings." 

And ye who fill the places we once filled. 

And follow in the furrows that we tilled. 

Young men, whose generous hearts are beating high, 

We who are old, and are about to die. 

Salute you ; hail you ; take your hands in ours, 

And crown you with our welcome as with flowers ! 

How beautiful is youth 1 how bright it gleams 
With its illusions, aspirations, dreams ! 
Book of Beginnings, Story without End, 
Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend I 
Aladdin's Lamp, and Fortunatus' Purse, 
That holds the treasures of the universe I 
All possibilities are in its hands. 
No danger daunts it, and no foe withstands ; 



CLASS HISTORY. 69 

In its sublime audacity of faith, 
'• Be thou removed ! " it to the mountain saith, 
And with ambitious feet, secure and proud, 
Ascends the ladder leaning on the cloud ! 

As ancient Priam at the Sc?ean gate 

Sat on the walls of Troy in regal state 

With the old men, too old and weak to fight. 

Chirping like grasshoppers in their delight 

To see the embattled hosts, with spear and shield. 

Of Trojans and Achaians in the field ; 

So from the snowy summits of our years 

We see you in the plain, as each appears. 

And question of you ; asking, " Who is he 

That towers above the others ? Which may be 

Atreides, Menelaus, Odysseus, 

Ajax the great, or bold Idomeneus? " 

Let him not boast who puts his armor on 
As he who puts it off, the battle done. 
Study yourselves ; and most of all note well 
Wherein kind Nature meant you to excel. 
Not every blossom ripens into fruit ; 
Minerva, the inventress of the flute, 
Flung it aside, when she her face surveyed 
Distorted in a fountain as she played ; 
The unlucky Marsyas found it, and his fate 
Was one to make the bravest hesitate. 

Write on your doors the saying wise and old, 
" Be bold ! be bold ! and everywhere be bold ; 
Be not too bold ! " Yet better the excess 
Than the defect ; better the more than less ; 
Better like Hector in the field to die, 
Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly. 

And now, my classmates, ye remaining few 
That number not the half of those we knew, 
Ye, against whose familiar names not yet 
The fatal asterisk of death is set, 
Ye I salute ! The horologe of Time 
Strikes the half-century with a solemn chime. 
And summons us together once again. 
The joy of meeting not unmixed with pain. 

Where are the others? Voices from the deep 
Caverns of darkness answer me : " They sleep ! " 



70 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

I name no names ; instinctively I feel 

Each at some well-remembered grave will kneel, 

And from the inscription wipe the weeds and moss, 

For every heart best knoweth its own loss. 

I see the scattered gravestones gleaming white 

Through the pale dusk of the impending night ; 

O'er all alike the impartial sunset throws 

Its golden lilies mingled with the rose ; 

We give to all a tender thought, and pass 

Out of the graveyards with their tangled grass, 

Unto these scenes frequented by our feet 

When we were young, and life was fresh and sweet. 

What shall I say to you ? What can I say 
Better than silence is? When I survey 
This throng of faces turned to meet my own, 
Friendly and fair, and yet to me unknown. 
Transformed the very landscape seems to be ; 
It is the same, yet not the same to me. 
So many memories crowd upon my brain. 
So many ghosts are in the wooded plain, 
I fain would steal away, with noiseless tread, 
As from a house where some one lieth dead. 
I cannot go ; — I pause ; — I hesitate ; 
My feet relunctant linger at the gate ; 
As one who struggles in a troubled dream 
To speak and cannot, to myself I seem. 

Vanish the dream ! Vanish the idle fears ! 

Vanish the rolling mists of fifty years ! 

Whatever time or space may intervene, 

I will not be a stranger in this scene. 

Here every doubt, all indecision ends ; 

Hail, my companions, comrades, classmates, friends ! 

Ah me ! the fifty years since last we met 
Seem to me fifty foUos bound and set 
By Time, the great transcriber, on his shelves. 
Wherein are written the histories of ourselves. 
What tragedies, what comedies, are there ; 
What joy and grief, what rapture and despair ! 
What chronicles of triumph and defeat. 
Of struggle, and temptation, and retreat ! 
What records of regrets, and doubts, and fears ! 
What pages blotted, blistered by our tears ! 
AVhat lovely landscapes on the margin shine, 
What sweet, angelic faces, what divine 



CLASS HISTORY. 71 

And holy images of love and trust, 
Undimmed by age, unsoiled by damp or dust ! 
Whose hand shall dare to open and explore 
These volumes, closed and clasped forevermore ? 
Not mine. With reverential feet I pass ; 
I hear a voice that cries, "Alas ! alas ! 
Whatever hath been written shall remain, 
Nor be erased nor written o'er again ; 
The unwritten only still belongs to thee, 
Take heed, and ponder well what that shall be." 

As children frightened by a thunder-cloud 

Are reassured if some one reads aloud 

A tale of wonder, with enchantment fraught. 

Or wild adventure, that diverts their thought. 

Let rae endeavor with a tale to chase 

The gathering shadows of the time and place, 

And banish what we all too deeply feel 

Wholly to say, or wholly to conceal. 

In mediaeval Rome, I know not where. 

There stood an image with its arm in air, 

And on its lifted finger, shining clear, 

A golden ring with the device, " Strike here ! " 

Greatly the people wondered, though none guessed 

The meaning that these words but half expressed. 

Until a learned clerk, who at noonday 

With downcast eyes was passing on his way. 

Paused, and observed the spot, and marked it well. 

Whereon the shadow of the finger fell ; 

And, coming back at midnight, delved, and found 

A secret stairway leading under ground. 

Down this he passed into a spacious hall. 

Lit by a flaming jewel on the wall ; 

And opposite a brazen statue stood 

With bow and shaft in threatening attitude. 

Upon its forehead, like a coronet. 

Were these mysterious words of menace set : 

" That which I am, 1 am ; my fatal aim 

None can escape, not even yon luminous flame ! " 

Midway the hall was a fair table placed. 

With cloth of gold, and golden cups enchased 

With rubies, and the plates and knives were gold, 

And gold the bread and viands manifold. 

Around it, silent, motionless, and sad, 

Were seated gallant knights in armor clad. 



72 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

And ladies beautiful with plume and zone, 

But they were stone, their hearts within were stone ; 

And the vast hall was filled in every part 

With silent crowds, stony in face and heart. 

Long at the scene, bewildered and amazed. 
The trembling clerk in speechless wonder gazed ; 
Then from the table, by his greed made bold. 
He seized a goblet and a knife of gold, 
And suddenly from their seats the guests upsprang. 
The vaulted ceiling with loud clamors rang. 
The archer sped his arrow, at their call, 
Shattering the lambent jewel on the wall, 
And all was dark around and overhead ; 
Stark on the floor the luckless clerk lay dead. 

The writer of this legend then records 
Its ghostly application in these words : 
The image is the Adversary old. 
Whose beckoning finger points to realms of gold ; 
Our lusts and passions are the downward stair 
That leads the soul from a diviner air ; 
The archer, Death ; the flaming jewel. Life, 
Terrestrial goods, the goblet and the knife ; 
The knights and ladies, all whose flesh and bone 
By avarice have been hardened into stone ; 
The clerk, the scholar whom the love of pelf 
Tempts from his books and from his nobler self. 

The scholar and the world ! The endless strife. 

The discord in the harmonies of life ! 

The love of learning, tiie sequestered nooks. 

And all the sweet serenity of books ; 

The market-place, the eager love of gain. 

Whose aim is vanity and whose end is pain ! 

But vvhy, you ask me, should this tale be told 

To men grown old, or who are growing old ? 

It is too late ! Ah, nothing is too late 

Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. 

Cato learned Greek at eighty ; Sophocles 

Wrote his grand CEdipus, and Simonides 

Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers 

When each had numbered more than fourscore years ; 

And Theophrastus, at fourscore and ten. 

Had but begun his Characters of Men ; 

Chaucer, at Woodstock with the nightingales, 

At sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales; 



CLASS HISTORY. 73 

Goethe at Weimar, toiling to the last, 
Completed Faust when eighty years were past. 
These are indeed exceptions; but they show 
How far the gulf-stream of our youth may flow 
Into the arctic regions of our lives, 
Where little else than life itself survives. 

As the barometer foretells the storm 

^Vhile still the skies are clear, the weather warm. 

So something in us, as old age draws near, 

Betrays the pressure of the atmosphere. 

The nimble mercury, ere we are aware, 

Descends the elastic ladder of the air ; 

The telltale blood in artery and vein 

Sinks from its higher levels in the brain ; 

Whatever poet, orator, or sage 

May say of it, old age is still old age. 

It is the waning, not the crescent moon, 

The dusk of evening, not the blaze of noon ; 

It is not strength, but weakness ; not desire, 

But its surcease ; not the fierce heat of fire, 

The burning and consuming element, 

But that of ashes and of embers spent. 

In which some living sparks we still discern. 

Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. 

What then? Shall we sit idly down and say 
The night hath come ; it is no longer day? 
The night hath not yet come ; we are not quite 
Cut off from labor by the failing light ; 
Something remains for us to do or dare ; 
Even the oldest tree some fruit may bear ; 
Not CEdipus, Coloneus, or Greek Ode, 
Or tales of pilgrims that one morning rode 
Out of the gateway of the Tabard Inn, 
But other something, would we but begin ; 
For age is opportunity no less 
Than youth itself, though in another dress. 
And as the ei'ening twilight fades away 
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. 

July 8, Thursday. Commencement. " The literary exercises of Commence- 
ment day seemed soniewhat cast in the shade by the unusual interest of Wednes- 
day. To the personal friends of the Class of '75, however, we doubt not that 
they were very acceptable. The chosen few of that class delighted their friends 



74 BOWDOIX COLLEGE. 

with their astonishingr amount of knowledore and with their readiness in settinor 
forth their views, and took their final departure from the college stage. 

" After the conferring of degrees the procession moved to Memorial Hall to 
discuss the Commencement dinner. The exercises had lasted until almost three 
o'clock, and the Alumni showed a due appreciation of the dinner. We noticed 
that two members of '76 rather prematurely took their places in the ranks. Prom- 
inent among the visitors we noticed Hon. Lot M. Morrill, Hon. J. G. Blaine, 
Chief Justice Appleton, and Gov. Dingley. Among the graduates the Class of 
'25 occupied the post of honor, to whom much of the interest was owing. Alter 
dinner the president called upon Dr. J. S. C. Abbott to return thanks, and then 
the customary- hvmn was sunor. 

"The first man introduced was Prof. Packard, who read a poem, addressed 
to the Class of '25, by Mr. McClellan of '26. In behalf of his class, Hon. S. P. 
Benson responded pleasantly, and called upon Dr. J. S. C. Abbott to read an ac- 
count of the deceased members of the class. Of the thirty-seven who graduated 
thirteen are now living, and ot these only two were prevented from attending 
the semi-centennial anniversar\- ol their graduation. 

"After a poem by Prof. Dunn, Gov. Dingley was introduced. He did not 
think it fitting for him to speak on that occasion, but he congratulated the col- 
lege on account of the presence of its most celebrated class, and warmly wel- 
comed them in the name of the people of the State. Ex- Speaker Blaine was 
next introduced, and made one of those capital after-dinner speeches which ever)- 
one deliorhts to hear. He o^ave o-ood advice to the oraduatine: class. It was to 
think quickly and speak decidedly, and he illustrated his remarks with one of his 
excellent anecdotes. He called attention to the array of celebrated names en- 
rolled upon the record of the Alumni, names known in the Senate and at the 
Bar, in literature and arms. Mr. Phillips, of Singapore, spoke of the wide celeb- 
rit\- of the revered Profs. Cleaveland, Smyth, and Upham. He wished to see 
their names commemorated by permanent professorships in their departments. 
In conclusion he wished success to the crew at Saratoga, and spoke a good word 
in favor of boating. Gen. Thomas Hubbard spoke enthusiastically in the same 
strain. Physical exercises of ever\" kind interested him, and especially did he 
wish to see boating placed on a firm basis at Bowdoin. It seemed a reproach 
to any college not to be represented at Saratoga. He closed with an earnest 
appeal to the Alumni to aid the Boating Association. 

"Among the interesting events of the day was the reading, by Com. 
Bridore. of a letter which he had received from Mr. Hawthorne about the time 
of graduation. It was the record of a wager between Mr. Hawthorne and Mr. 
Cilley, the latter agreeing to furnish a barrel of Madeira wine if Hawthorne was 
married before Nov. 7, 1836. When the seal was broken in that Near. Mr. Cilley 



CLASS HISTORY. 



75 



was notified of his obligation, and was making arrangements to deliver the wine 
when killed by Graves. Hon. J. W. Bradbury made a stirring appeal to the 
Alumni and friends to aid the college out of its pecuniary embarrassment, and 
announced a subscription of fifteen hundred dollars from Hon. J. G. Blaine. It 
was now after five o'clock, and, after Dr. Cheever had proposed a vote of thanks 
to the mothers and wives who had been so ' patient in observing the works of 
their own hands,' the meeting adjourned." — Bcnodoin Orient, July 14, 1875. 

July 9. Examination for admission to college! Class day exercises of 
'75 at 2 1'. M., at Lemont Hall. 




I'AYSON, '76. 



LKUCKER, 77. 

HALL, '7;. 



HALL, '78. 



BURLEIGH, 



SARGENT, '76. 



COLLEGE CREW OF 1875. 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



July 14. Regatta at Saratoga, in which crews from Amherst, Bowdoin, 
Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Hamilton, Harvard, Princeton, Union, 
Wesleyan, Williams, and Yale Colleges took part. 



BOWDOIN. 



J. F. Hall, '78, Stroke. 
F. H. Crocker, '77, No. 5. 
J. M. Burleigh, '78, No. 4. 
F. C. Payson, '76, No. 3. 
C. Sargent, '76, No. 2. 
E. H. Hall, '75, Bow. 



23 yrs. 


157 lbs 


24 " 


163 " 


2 1 " 


167 " 


19 " 


151 " 


22 " 


151 " 


19 " 


149 " 



5 ft. 10 in. 

5 ft. 10 in. 

5 ft. II V2 in. 

5 ft. 10 in. 

5 ft. 9 in. 

5 ft loi-^ in. 



In this regatta there were thirteen crews participating. Cornell won and 
Bowdoin came in number ten, in 17 minutes 50 V seconds, followed by Hamil- 
ton, Union, and Princeton. 



SENIOR YEAR. 

Term beean and the members of '76 assumed the full 



/' 



Sept. 23, 1875 
dignity of Seniors. 

During the fall a course of entertainments was conducted in Lemont Hall, 
including lectures and concerts, followed by a second Memorial Hall course of 
lectures. 

FIELn DAY. 
[From the Oiicnt7\ 

"The sports of the semi-annual field day of the Bowdoin Athletic Associa- 
tion were held on the Fair Grounds, Topsham, Saturday forenoon, Oct. 30, 
under the management of Parker, '76, master of ceremonies, and Waitt, '76, 
Hargraves, '"i"], and Fessenden, '78, directors; referee, Instructor Smythe; 
judges. Bates, '76, and Sanford, '76. 

" The following was the programme : — 

"i. Half-Mile Walk. Marrett, '76, and French, '78, competed. Marrett won in 4.04 1-2. 

"2. Throwing Base Ball. Payson, '76, Knight, '77, Paine, '78, Peary, '77, Roberts, '77, 
and Metcalf, '77, entered. Knight won, throwing 304.3 feet. 

"3. Hundred- Yard Dash, first heat. Alden, '76, Leavitt, '76, Roberts, '77, and Paine, 
'78, were the contestants. Alden won the heat in 11 seconds. Leavitt came in second. 

"4. H.ALF-MiLE Run. Libby, '76, and Cobb, '77, competed. Cobb won in 2.19; Libby 
made 2.23. 

"5. Hundred- Yard D.ash, second he.at. Alden won in 11 seconds, and took the prize. 

"6. Two-Mile Run. Sargent, '76, Payson, '76, and Crocker, '77, started. Sargent won in 
11.19 ; Payson came in second in 12.17. 



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77 



"7. Running Long Jump. Roberts, "77, Cobb, '77, Peary, '77, and Mitchell, '77, entered. 
Mitchell won, jumping 15.65 feet. 

"8. Hurdle Race, over six hurdles forty feet apart and three and a half feet high. 
Mitchell, '77, and Alden, '76, ran. Alden won in 15 seconds. 

"9. Two-Mile Walk. Wheeler, '76, and Marrett, '76, competed. Won by Marrett ; time, 
18.15. Wheeler's time was 20.30. 

"10. Standing Long Jump. Roberts, '77, and Cobb, '77, competed. Cobb won, jumping 
9.75 feet. 

" Owing to the extreme cold weather, the contestants labored under much 
disadvantage, yet greater interest was manifested than at any previous field 
day, presaging good success next spring." 

After the hundred-yard dash was won by Alden, a cigar was offered to 
Wright, '']6, if he would beat the time made by Alden. Wright accepted the 
offer, and ran the hundred vards in 10 seconds. 




WAITT. ALDEN. 

CLASS CREW. 



THE REGATTA. 



" The class races took place Oct. 30, in the afternoon. Three class crews 
entered for the race ; viz.. Senior, Junior, Sophomore. The conditions of the 



78 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

race were that, owing to the difference between the boats, forty-five seconds 
should be allowed by the Senior crew to the Junior and Sophomore crews. 
After being recalled on a foul by the Sophomores, they got a fair start at about 
three o'clock. The Seniors took the lead from the start and held it durinp" the 
entire race, crossing the line in 21 minutes 30 seconds. The Juniors made the 
course in 21 minutes 59 seconds, and the Sophomores in 22 minutes 45 
seconds. The Junior crew was, therefore, declared victorious, coming in only 
29 seconds behind the Senior crew. The second place was awarded to 
the Senior crew, and the third place to the Sophomore crew. The University 
crew then gave a short exhibition pull in the Junior gig, of which no time was 
taken." 

Last year we rowed in a shell against the other classes, '75 also having a 
shell, but '77 and '78 having "lapstreaks" with a coxswain. The question at 
that race arose about a time allowance, and by arbitration we were required to 
give thirty seconds for each of the three miles. Our crew knew it was too 
much and protested, but still rowed. 

This year, with the 45 seconds allowance for the three miles, we beat all the 
crews by 29 'a seconds, though on account of the time allowance the race was 
given to the Junior crew. In coming up the course Parker and others had 
arranged a very nice plan which they "sprung" upon the crew as the boat 
passed "the Island." They were stationed all along the bank of the river and 
cheered in time with the stroke. It was very inspiring and made them pull as 
hard as possible. The members ol the Senior crew were given the set of oars 
with which they pulled in the race. 

"At 4-30 the students and some of their friends met at the Chapel to wit- 
ness the awarding of prizes. As soon as the meeting was called together and 
the purpose of it announced by Com. Stevens, Mr. Crocker came forward and in 
behalf of the Class of 'j^-^ presented to the Bowdoin navy a beautiful silver cup, 
an emblem of the regard in which his class held the college and its students. 
Com. Stevens, in behalf of the navy, returned thanks to the Class of ''jt, 
for their exquisite gift, and called upon Prof. Chapman to present the field day 
prizes to the several winners and the champion cup to the \ictorious crew. After 
making a few remarks appropriate to the occasion, Prof Chapman presented 
the following prizes: To Marrett, '76, for the half-mile walk and two-mile 
walk, a silver goblet and a silver vase. To E. C. Cobb, ''jj, for standing jump 
and half-mile run, a silver napkin ring and a silver and glass Bower-stand. To 
Alden, '76, for hundred-yard dash and hurdle race, a silver and gold card 
receiver and a silver goblet. To Knight, for throwing base ball, a ball. To Sar- 
gent, for two-mile run, an ebony cane with a silver head. To Mitchell, for run- 
ning jump, a silver vase. Finally, to the Junior crew he gave the champion cup, 



CLASS HISTORY. 79 

which Capt. Hargraves received in behalf of the crew. The meeting then ad- 
journed, and all went home amid much cheering and general good feeling. 

"The regatta was a perfect success, and the meeting at the Chapel was a 
most happy feature of the occasion. The impetus that it will give to athletic 
sports, particularly boating, is not to be overlooked ; and it should be a cause 
for general rejoicing throughout the college. Saturday evening, '']'] had a class 
supper and dance at the Tontine, and the members of ' Master Humphrey's 
Clock' gave a supper to the Senior crew." 

Nov. 24-28. Thanksgiving recess. 

Dec. 20. Exhibition of the Senior and Junior classes and a hop in Lemont 
Hall. 

Dec. 21, 22. Examination and close of term. 

VACATION OF TWO WEEKS. 

Jan. 6, 1876, Thursday. Second term began. 
Jan. 19. Meeting of the boards of trustees and overseers. 
Feb. 4. Seniors went to Boston to sit for class pictures, at Warren's. 
Feb. 17, Thursday. Medical session began. 

Feb. 28. Class of '76, Brunswick High School, gave an assembly in Lemont 
Hall, beginning at 7.30 p. m. and continuing till midnight. 

March 24. The classes of '76, '']'], '78, '79, gave a dance in Lemont Hall. 
April. 3. Exhibition of the Senior and Junior classes. 
April 3, 4. Examination and close of the term. 

VACATION OF ONE WEEK. 

April 13, Thursday. Third term began. 

April 26, 27, 28. Plays were given in Lemont Hall for the benefit of the 
Congregational Church, by young people in town and students. 

May I. Prize debate for the St. Croix medal. 

About this time Daniel Pratt, of Prattville, Chelsea, made us another visit. 
We quote from the Orient of May 10: — 

"Hon. Daniel Pratt, the Great American Traveller, visited us last week and 
spoke to an enthusiastic audience of Modocs and students, upon ' Organic 
Laws.' This lecture is an exhaustive treatment of the laws of ventilation, 
respiration, perspiration, inspiration, inflation, and concatenation, and is one of 
the most eloquent efforts of the gifted speaker. Mr. Pratt says that Henry 
Ward Beecher is a mere gas-bag compared with him." 

Friday, June 2, 1876. Bowdoin spring races at 10 a. m., on Bowdoin 
course, for '73 cup. 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

JUNIOR CLASS, '77, CREW. 

F. A. Hargraves, Bow and Captain. 



F. A. Mitchell, 3. 

F. H. Crocker, Stroke. 



O. Brinkerhoff, 2. 

P. S. Brown, Coxswain. 



Color — Green. 
SOPHOMORE CLASS, '78, CREW. 



C. M. Jacobs, Bow. 
C. A. Baker, 2. 



J. F. Hall, Stroke. 

J. M. Burleigh, 3 and Captain. 



Seabury, Coxswain. 
Color — Blue. 



The Sophomore crew won in 18 minutes 56^4 seconds. 
Referee and starter: Frederick K. Sm)the. 
Judges : A. G. Ladd, W. A. Wheeler. 
Timekeepers: E. H. Hall, W. H. G. Rowe. 

Afternoon. Ivy day exercises, Class of '77, in Chapel, at 3 p. m. Presi- 
dent, J. A. Roberts ; marshal, H. D. Wiggin. 

PROGRAMME. 
Music. 



Prayer 
Orat'on 



Poem 



Presentations 



Music. 



Music. 



J. E. CHAPMAN. 
C. W. MORRILL 



C. A. PERRY. 



(ON THE GREEN.) 



Evening. Ivy hop, at Lemont Hall, at 8 p. m. Music by Chandler's six. 
Committee : Bert Peary, A. J. Bolster, and P. H. Ingalls. 

Saturday morning, June 3, 1876. Bowdoin Athletic Association, spring 
meetinor, Sao^adahoc Park. 

Referee : Prof. C. H. Moore. 

Judges : Prof. F. K. Smythe, Prof. F. C. Robinson. 

Master of Ceremonies : William G. Beale. 

Starter: A. G. Ladd, '73. 

Timers : O. C. Stevens, W. T. Cobb. 

Executive Committee : F. H. Hargraves, Barrett Potter, W. G. Davis. 



CLASS HISTORY. 

I. 
Hurdle Race. 
W. Alden, '76. F. M. Byron, '79. 

E. F. Varney, '79. F. A. Mitchell, '77. 

E. F. Varney won in 14 '^ seconds. 

2. 

Throwing Heavy Hammer (16 lbs.). 

E. B. Newcomb, '76. J. F. Hall, '78. 
J. M. Burleigh, '78. G. F. Pratt, '76. 

F. C. Payson, '76. P. L. Paine, '78. 
F. H. Crocker, '77. C. E. Knight, '77. 

R. E. Peary, '77. 

C. E. Knight won with a throw of 45.6 feet. 

3- 
Two-Mile Walk. 
Barrett Potter, '78. C. T. Hawes, '76. 

C. M. Jacobs, '78. W. H. Marrett, '76. 

W. H. Mnrrett won in 17 minutes 53 seconds. 

4- 
Three- Legged Race. 

J. W. Achorn, '79. \ H. W. Ring, '79. ) 

H. G. Henderson, '79. J E F. Varney, '79- J 

C. Sargent, '76. [ F. C. Payson, '76. ) 

F. H. Crocker, '77. j W. Alden, '76. ) 

. J. W. Achorn and H. G- Henderson took first prize. 

5- 
Running Long Jump. 
C. E. Cobb, '77. P. L. Paine, '78. 

J. S. Leavitt, '76. J. A. Roberts, '77. 

F. A. Mitchell, '76. R. E. l^eary, '77. 

C. E. Cobb won with a jump of 17.4 feet. 

6. 

One-Hundred- Yard Dash (Heats). 

W. A. Alden, '76. J. S. Leavitt, '76. 

F. C. Payson, '76. F. M. Byron, '79. 

E. F. Varney, '79. F. Kimball, '79. 

J. S. Leavitt won in 1 1 seconds. 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Standing Long Jump. 
C. E. Cobb, '77. 
Barrett Potter, '78. 

C. E. Cobb won with a jump of 9.75 feet. 

8. 

Half- Mile A\'alk. 
W. W. French, '78. 
W. H. Marrett, '76. 
J. F. Hall, '78. 

B. W. Dinsmore, '79. 

W. H. Marrett won in 3 minutes 27 '.> seconds. 

9- 
Throwing Base Ball. 
F. H. Crocker, '77. 

F. C. Payson, '76. 
C. G. Cobb, '77. 
H. G. Hall, '76. 

G. F. Pratt, '76. 

A. W. Hanson, '79. 

E. C. Metcalf, '77. 

E. C. Metcalf won with a throw of 308 feet. 

10. 

Omitted. 

II. 

Wheelbarrow Race. 
J. S. Leavitt, '76. 
F. C. Payson, '76. 
P. L. Paine, '78. 
C. A. Baker, '78. 

J. S. Leavitt took first prize. 



C. M. Jacobs, '78. 
E. C. Metcalf, '77. 



J. S. Leavitt, '76. 
C. G. Wheeler, '76. 
C. T. Hawes, '76. 



C. E. Knight, '77. 
W. Perry, '77. 
B. Potter, '78. 
J. W. Achorn, '79. 
P. L. Paine, '78. 
R. E. Peary, '77. 



F. H. Crocker, '77. 
W. Allien, '76. 
E. F. Varney, '79. 
H. G. Bowker, '79. 



Standing Hkjh Jump. 
C. E. Cobb, '77. 

J. W. Achorn, '79. 

C. E. Cobb won with a jump of 4.8 feet. 

Omitted. 



F. A. Mitchell, '77. 



14. 
Omitted. 



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83 



E. F. Varney, '79. 
W. Alden, '76. 

F. C. Payson, '76. 
C. D. Jameson, '76. 



IS- 
PoTA'io Race. 
C. Sargent, '76. 
E. H. Crocker, '77. 
J. S. Leavitt, '76. 
W. H. Marrett, '76. 

E. F. Varney won in 7 minutes 40 '4 seconds. 

16. 

Omitted. 

17- 
Omitted. 

The two-mile run, hop, skip, and jump, half-mile run, running high jump, 
and best three jumps, which were on the programme, were omitted. 

The presentation of prizes took place in the Chapel at 1.30 p. m. 

In the afternoon a game of base-ball was play,ed on the Delta at 3 p. m., 
between the Bowdoins and Resolutes, resulting in favor of the Bowdoins, 
20 to 15. 




COLLEGE NINE. 



84 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



June 5, Monday afternoon. The exercises of "Last Prayers" took place, 
when the members of '76 took their accustomed places in the Chapel, as Seniors, 
for the last time. It was an interesting, but to many a sad, occasion. 

In the Orient of June 11, 1873, is an account of the last prayers of the 
Class of '73. It applies equally well to '76, and we quote it, inserting a few 
words of our own in brackets : — 

"It is rather a pretty custom withal that we have on the evening when the 
Senior class attend college prayers for the last time. 




KING CHAPEL. 



" Prayers are held about sunset ; and as the bell peals forth its call in the 
same old-fashioned way, some must be thinking of old times, — the many such 
services they have attended, in cold weather, in warm weather, sometimes com- 
ing early and orderly, with the decorum of their Freshman days, sometimes 
lingering so long that only a desperate rush will admit them ; and now tliis 
one particular service is to be the consummation of the whole series ! But there 
is no haste to-night ; everybody has plenty of time. More members of the 



CLASS HISTORY. 85 

Faculty are present than usual. Ladies are in the gallery. No monitor is 
needed to see that every man of the three lower classes is in his place. The 
Seniors somewhat gravely come in and take their accustomed places. The old 
Chapel looks more beautiful than ever, — Bowdoin is proud of her Chapel, — 
and the open doors receive the full glory of the sunset. 

"Suddenly the bell stops. Everything is so still that we can hear the bell- 
ringer's key rattle in the lock of the tower. The large doors are closed, and 
there is a moment's waiting. Then, from the gallery, a quartet, generally 
composed of members of the Junior class, sing a parting ode, to which all 
listen with lingering interest. [On this occasion they sang ' Home, Sweet 
Home ' and the ' Farewell Ode to the Graduating Class.'] Rev. Dr. Packard 
read an appropriate selection of Scripture, and offered an earnest and touching 
prayer for God's guidance in the future of the young men. 

" Again the doors are opened and out-of-doors life and light once more 
become visible. The Seniors now step into the aisle and form in fours, arm in 
arm. When all are ready they begin to sing that good old song, ' Auld Lang 
Syne,' — how dear these lines of Robbie Burns become on such an occasion ! — 
and to this air they begin to march slowly out of the Chapel [passing down 
between the Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen]. Arm in arm — old jeal- 
ousies are ended, old friendships are more friendly. The bitter things, if any 
there have been, begin to grow pleasant or are forgotten. Already the things 
of college days are the things of memory, and memory softens the hard things 
always. 

"[They reach the entrance and pass out and down the steps, there dividing 
again, lorming a line on either side of the path, while the Juniors pass on and 
take their places below, followed by the Sophomores and Freshmen. The Sen- 
iors then re-form and, passing down between the classes, take their places at the 
foot, leaving the Senior places vacant till '']'] shall occupy them the coming year.] 
Reaching the extremity of the lines they pause, and the president of the Junior 
class proposes three cheers for them, and the cheers are given with a will. After 
this the Seniors reply by cheering Alma Mater, Faculty, etc., and the scene is 
over. Then the Seniors march arm in arm by twos around the campus, and 
cheer the buildings and other objects. 

" Not a remarkable scene indeed, for display and formality, but for simplicity. 
The occasion gives it all its interest. When we know that old associations are 
to be broken up forever, we always stop a moment to reflect. Whether that 
reflection takes the form of ceremony or not, it is always impressive. 

" Such a scene as this has taken place here again and again. Every sum- 
mer term repeats it in the same old way, and its very sameness lends it an air 
of solemnity. Only the other day it occurred for this year. The class has 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



passed out of our Chapel walls forever. In a few short weeks they will take 
their last adieu of Alma Mater, and then pass on to find their place and station 
in the outer world." 

In the evening occurred the public competition by Seniors for the Class of 
'68 prize. The '68 exhibition, an appointment to which is considered one of the 
highest honors of the college course, took place at Lemont Hall. The following 
was the order of exercises : — 



American Legislation . 

The Philosophy of our Goverment 

Methods of Criticism . 

The Origin of American Institutions 

The Sphere of Political Law 

Art and Criticism 



J. G. LIBBY 

CHARLES SARGENT 

. ARLO BATES 

. J. A. MORRILL 

W. G. WAITT 

A. H. SABIN 



The committee, consisting of Hon. Marshall Cram ol Brunswick, Hon. 
Joseph Titcomb of Kennebunk, and Rev. Mr. Dickerman of Lewiston, awarded 
the prize to Mr. J. A. Morrill. 

SENIOR EXAMINATION, June 6, 1876. 



hour. place. 

8-9 Chem. Lee. Room. 
[ Chem. Lee. Room. 
I Clev. Lee. Room. 
[ Clev. Lee. Room. 
] Drawing Rooms. 
f S. Wing Chapel. 
( Clev. Lee. Room. 

Clev. Lee. Room. 

S. Wing Chapel. 
^ Clev. Lee. Room. 
I Drawing Rooms. 

Clev. Lee. Room. 



9-10 



10— 1 1 



1 1— 1 2 



2-3 



3-4 
4-5 



division. 

I St Division. 
2d Division. 
Scientific. 
Classic. 
Engineer. 
I St Division. 
2d Division, 
ist Division. 
2d Division. 
I St Division. 
Engineer. 
2d Division. 



SUBJECT. 

Chem. and Physics. 
Chem. and Physics. 
Eng. Const. History. 
Political Philosophy. 
Civil Engineering. 
Political Economy. 
International Law. 
International Law. 
Political Pkonomy. 
Mental Philosophy. 
R. R. Engineering. 
Ethics. 



instructor. 

Prof. Carmichael. 
Prof. Carmichael. 
The President. 
The President. 
Prof. Vose. 
The President. 
Capt. Caziarc. 
Capt. Caziarc. 
The President. 
The President. 
Prof Vose. 
The President. 



June 10, Saturday. Meeting of the Senior class in Mathematical room at 
10 A. M. 

June 10-12. Examination of the Medical class. 

July 3. Prize declamation of the Sophomore class. 

July 3-5. Examination of the three lower classes. 

July 9, Sunday. Baccalaureate before the graduating class by the president, 
at the Congregational Church at 4 p. m. 

July 10, Monday. Annual meeting of the trustees and overseers. Prize 
declamation by the Junior class, at the Congregational Church at 8 p. m. 



CLASS HISTORY. 87 

July 11-14. Commencement exhibition of drawings of the Engineering 
Department. 

July II, Tuesday. Class day exercises were held under the Thorndike 
Oak at 3 p. M. 

BOWDOIN. 

Class Day, '76. 

Under Thorndike Oak, July 11. 

President, ALPHEUS SANFORD. Marshal, WILLIAM ALDEN. 

Music by Chandler's Band. 

ORDER OF EXERCISES. 

Overture, "Italiana in Algeri," Rossini. 

Prayer CHARLES HERBERT CLARK 

"Trombone Polka," Ban/court. 

Oration CHARLES SEWALL ANDREWS 

Selection, " Girofle-Girofli," Lccocq. 

Chronicles WILLIAM GAY WAHT 

Potpourri, from " II Poliuto," Donizetti. 

Prophecy JOHN ADAMS MORRILL 

Address to Class and Undergraduates ..... CHARLES TAYLOR HAWES 

"Ye Olden Times," Beyer. 

Singing Ode. 
Smoking Pipe of Peace. 

After the close of the exercises there was a concert under the oak, lasting 
until six o'clock, and in the evening there was a promenade concert and dance 
on the green, at 8.30 p. m., the grounds being illuminated, and many Seniors 
also giving spreads in their rooms. 

" It has always been conceded that the Class of '76 possessed the happy 
faculty of planning and making a success any festive occasion to which they 
directed their energies ; and thus every one felt that their class day would be 



88 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

characterized by some novel and agreeable features, and that the reputation of 
'']6 for having a good time would gain new lustre by this, their final effort. The 
graduating class wisely decided upon the Tuesday before Commencement as the 
time for their class day exercises, in this disregarding the example of the two 
preceding classes. It is needless to say that nothing but good resulted from 
the change of time, and it is to be hoped that coming classes will in this respect 
follow the course pursued by '76. Of course, the first requisite for a class day 
on the green is pleasant weather, and in this '76 was fortunate; for the 
skies, blue and cloudless, looked down upon as fair a scene as ever graced the 
campus. 

"The seats under the old oak were filled some time before the class 
assembled; but the usual monotony of waiting was made agreeable by listening 
to the strains of Chandler's Band, w^hich discoursed its sweetest music and held 
the attention of the otherwise impatient audience. Only those who held tickets 
were allowed within the charmed circle and given seats ; but a slight railing will 
shut out neither sight nor sound, and crowds strolled about the enclosure, or in 
groups laid under the old trees and brought back pleasant memories of college 
days, when for them ' life was fresh and sweet.' 

" It was truly a lovely picture. The seats were filled with ladies and 
gentlemen, attired as only class day demands. Fans fluttered and waved, while 
merry talk and jest went the rounds. All faces were bright with cheerful 
expectancy. The strains of a fine band filled every one with animation, while 
over all the spreading branches of the old trees gave grateful shade and 
protection. 

"At three o'clock the graduating class marched from the Chapel to their 
seats under the old oak, while those participating in the literary exercises 
were assigned places on the platform. 

" Of the literary parts it is only necessary to say that they were fully equal 
to anything given by former classes, and were listened to with marked attention 
and silence to the close. It is a matter of regret that one part, which in the past 
has proved a pleasant feature, was this year omitted. We refer to the poem, 
and think that the majority of college men will heartily agree with the historian 
of the class in his remarks upon the causes and results of its omission. After the 
literary exercises came the singing of the ode ; then the class, seated upon the 
grass, waited anxiously for the president to light the famous pipe of peace. 
This operation being successfully performed, the pipe, gayly decked with the 
various society colors, was sent its rounds for the farewell smoke. This closed 
the exercises for the day, and the audience, fully satisfied, and appreciating the 
efforts of '76 to contribute to their enjoyment, dispersed, to prepare for the 
greater exertions and merriment which should come in the evening. 



CLASS HISTORY. 89 

"Everyone was on the tiptoe of expectation, as so much had been said 
about the dance which was to take place at about nine in the evening ; and every 
one had his expectations more than reahzed. The ' dance on the green ' was, 
without exception, the most briUiant affair ever witnessed in Brunswick. The 
decorations were simply superb. The lights of hundreds of Chinese lanterns 
were blended into sweeping festoons, forming in outline a ' stately pleasure 
dome,' which seemed to rest upon the columns of the maple-trees ; while the 
thick and arching foliage above formed a most fitting covering to the whole. 
Red, blue, green, and orange colored lights danced and swayed around the music 
stand, twinkling and keeping time to the swell of a Strauss waltz as gayly as 
the crowd of dancers themselves. If the lights were brilliant, the beauty called 
forth on this occasion was dazzling. Mothers, sisters, and cousins from all parts 
of New England lent their charms, and the result, as we have said, was almost 
bewildering. Most all the spectators remarked that the scene was like fairyland ; 
and, indeed, the dancer might think so, too, if occasionally he did not hear his 
fairy-like partner's remark, in a sorry tone of voice: ' Oh, dear! Some one put 
his foot through my trail.' 

"Like that famous party at Brussels, when 'the lamps shone o'er fair 
women,' etc., our party was interrupted by a sound no less ominous — the sound 
of rain pattering on the leaves. Then, indeed, there was hurrrying ' in hot haste,' 
and ' sudden partings,' and waterproofs and umbrellas were in demand. Fortu- 
nately, the dances were nearly finished when the rain began to fall. Even 
though the ending was sudden and unexpected, and the enjoyment cut off when 
at its height, most pleasant recollections will always float in one's mind when, in 
the future, 'Seventy-six' and their 'dance on the green 'shall be mentioned, — 
recollections as sweet as those of a ' Midsummer Night's Dream' of Shakespeare 
or of Mendelssohn." — Orient. 

July 12, Wednesday. Meeting -of the Alumni Association in the Chemical 
lecture-room, Adams Hall, at 9 a. M.,and public exercises at the Congregational 
Church at 3 p. m.. with address by the Rev. Thomas Hill, D. D., of Portland. 
The Alumni formed in procession at the Chapel at 2.45 p. m., the oldest class 
represented being that of 18 16, by Prof. A. S. Packard. 

In the evening a concert was given in the church by Miss A. L. Cary, 
Mrs. H. M. Smith, Mr. Myron W. Whitney, Mr. Will H. Stockbridge, Mr. H. 
Kotzschmar, and the Philharmonic Club of Boston. 

July 13, Thursday. Commencement day. The house was open for ladies 
at 10 A. M. Admission to the transepts was by tickets from the Senior class, at 
9.30 A. M. 



90 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Illustrissimo SELDEN CONNOR, LL.D., 

GUBERNATORI ; 

CONSILIARIIS ET SENATORIBUS, 

QUI LITERIS REIPUBLIC/E MAINENSIS 
PROPRIE PR.^SUNT: 

SOCIIS CURATORIBUSQUE 

COLLEGII BOWDOINENSIS 

HONORANDIS ATOUE REVERENDIS ; 

Clarissimo JOSUAE L. chamberlain, LL.D., 

PR^SIDI; 

TOTI SENATUI ACADEMICO ; 

ECCLESIARUM PASTORIBUS VENERANDIS; 

Universis, denique, ubique terrarum, 

HUMANITATIS CULTORIBUS, 
EXERCITATIONES HASCE JUVENES, IN ARTIBUS AUT SCIENTIIS INITIATI, 



Guilielmus Alden, 
Carolus-Sewall Andrews, 
Tascus Atvvood, 
Arlo Bates, 

Collins-Grant Burnham, 
Carolus- Herbert Clark, 
Osman-Carolus Evans, 
Orivillius-Clark Gordon, 
Howard-Elija Hall, 
Carolus-Taylor Hawes, 
Jere-Merrill Hill, 
Carolus-Davis Jameson, 
Edvardus-Hazen Kimball, 
Francus-Reed Kimball, 
Johannes- Samuel Leavitt, 



Johannes- Gair Libby, 
Gualterus-H. Marrett, 
Georgius-Bartol Merrill, 
Johannes-Adams Morrill, 
Ervinus-Barrett Newcomb, 
Arthurus-Taylor Parker, 
Georgius Parsons, 
Johannes- Howard Payne, 
Franklin-Conant Pay.-on, 
Carolus-Albertus Perry, 
Georgius-Franklin Pratt, 
Georgius-Thomas Prince, 
Gualterus-Augustiniis Robinson, 
Allen- Ellington Rogers, 
Guilielmus- Henricus-Gulliver Rowe. 



Alva-Horton Sibin, 
AlphiEus Sanford, 
Carolus Sargent, 
Hardy- Ropes Sewall, 
Oliverus-Crocker Stevens, 
Fred-Milo Stimson, 
Carolus- Sumner Taylor, 
GuiHelmus Gay Waitt, 
Carolus-Gardner Wheeler, 
Johannes- Henricus White, 
Carolus-Augustus Whittemore, 
Bion Wilson, 
Francus- Vernon Wright. 



// It in ill line dcdica ii t. 



llabitM in Comitiis CoLLEGii B>)\vdoinensis, Brunsvici, in Rei'UBI.ica Mainensi, III. Idus Julias Anno Saluiis 
MDCCCLXXVI Rerumque Publicarum Fcederatarum America, Potestatis CI. 



CLASS HISTORY. 9,1 









COMMENCEMENT. 








July 13, 1876. 








ORDER OF EXERCISES. 








Music. 








Prayer. 








Music. 




Exercises for 


ilie Degrees of Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science. 


Salutatory Oration in Lati 
Oration. Mirabeau. 
Philosophical Disquisition. 
Oration. Art in America. 


n. 

The 


JOHN ADAMS MORRILL, Auburn 

CHARLES SEWALL ANDREWS, Otisfield 
Origin of the American Constitution. 

WALTER AUGUSTINE ROBINSON, Bangor 

ARLO BATES, East Machias 








Music. 


Philosophical Disquisition. Count Cavour, and the Unification of Italy. 

FRANKLIN CON ANT PAYSON, Portland 
Oration. Conditions of Success. 

CHARLES HERBERT CLARK, Bangor 
Philosophical Disquisition. Electoral Rights. 

OLIVER CROCKER STEVENS, Boston, Mass. 


Oration. 

Philosoph 

Oration. 


Chivalry. 
ical Disquisition. The 
Ancient Civilization in 


Music. 

JOHN GAIR LIBBY, Wells 
Sphere of Political Law. 

WILLIAM GAY WAITT, Gardiner 
Arizona. 

ALVAH HORTON SABIN, Mason City, Iowa 






Excrc 


Music. 


ises for the Degree of Master of Arts. 


Oration. The Higher Law. 
Valedictory Oration in Latin. 


MR. AUGUSTUS FREEDOM MOULTON, Scarborough 
MR. FRED ARTHUR WILSON, Hallowell 








Conferring of Degrees. 








Prayer. 








Benediction. 



92 



BOVVDOIN COLLEGE. 





HONORARY APPOINTMENTS. 






Class of 1876. 






SALUTATORY. 




John 


Adams Morrill . . . Auburn. 
ENGLISH ORATIONS. 




Charles Sewall Andrews 


. Otisfield. Charles Herbert Clark . 


Bangor 


Arlo Bates . 


East Machias. John Gair Libby 


W^ells 


Alvah HoRiON Sabin . . . Mason City, la. 






PHILOSOPHICAL DISQUISITIONS. 




Franklin Conant Payson 


. Portland. Oliver Crocker Stevens 


Boston, Mass. 


Walter Augustine Robinson 


Bangor. William Gay Wait'i- 
LITERARY DISQUISITIONS. 


. Gardiner 


Charles Taylor Hawes 


. Litchfield. Frank Reed Kimball 


Salem, Mass. 


Jere Mfrrill Hill 


Buxton. Walter H. Marreit 


. Standish 


Edward Hazen Kimball 


Bath. Charles Albert Perry . 


Brunswick 


Charles Sumner Taylor . . . Damariscotta. 






DISQUISITIONS. 




Tascus Atwood 


. Auburn. George Franklin Pratt . 


Bangor 


Collins Grant Burnham . 


Biddeford. Erwin Barreit Newcomb 


Westbrook 


John Howard Payne 


Bath. Charles Gardner Wheeler.Wi 


nchendon, Mass. 


Charles Augustus Whittemore . . . Brunswick. 






DISCUSSIONS. 




Oriville Clark Gordon 


Chesterville. Fred Milo Stimson 


Auburn 


George Thomas Prince 


Boston, Mass. Charles Sargent . 


. Machias 


Allen Ellington Rogers 


. Hampden. John Henry White 
DISSERT A TIONS. 


Bowdoinham 


Howard Elijah Hall . 


. Newcastle. William Henry Gulliver Rowe . Auburn 


George Parsons . 


. Kennebunk. Alpheus Sanford . 
Hardy Ropes Sewall . . . Bath. 

ESSAYS. 


. Boston, Mass. 


William Alden 


. Portland. Arthur Taylor Parker . 


Boston, Mass. 


JoH.v Samuel Leavitt, Jr. 


Gorham. BiON Wilson .... 


Thomaston 


George Bartol Merrill 


. Yarmouth. Frank Vernon Wright . 


New York City 



CLASS HISTORY. 93 

The exercises commenced at 10.30 a. m., and proceeded according to the 
printed order. The procession formed at the Chapel, and moved at 10.15 a. m., 
and the members of '76, after four years of work, received the coveted diplomas. 

" Notwithstanding the scorching heat of the annual Commencement day, 
and which was unusually severe this year, a very large audience gathered at the 
church, on Thursday, to listen to the graduating exercises of '76. With this 
class went into operation the new rule of the Faculty, by which but ten members 
of the class delivered parts. This reduced the exercises to a reasonable length, 
and made an improvement over former years. At the close of the orations the 
sheepskins were distributed, and forty-three fledglings, liberally educated, were 

prepared to sing : — 

' With white degrees we'll take our ease, 
And be alumni, too.' 

"About two hundred alumni, including the graduating class, sat down to 
the dinner served in Memorial Hall." — Orient. 

The treasurer's office was open from 8 to 10.15 a. m., for the registry of the 
names of the Alumni and the distribution of tickets for the Commencement 
dinner. The president's reception was at 8 p. m. 

July 14, Friday. The Phi Beta Kappa fraternity held their annual meeting 
at the Medical lecture-room, Adams Hall, at 8.30 a. m., and the honor men of 
'76 were initiated into the society. 

The Maine Historical Society held their annual meeting at their library- 
room at 8 a. M. 

Examination for admission to college was held in the Chemical lecture-room, 
Adams Hall, at 8 a. m. 

The Cleaveland cabinet, library, painting gallery, and other rooms were open 
to the public from 8 to 10 a. m. 

After all was over there remained the final packing, selling the furniture, 
if not already disposed of to the janitor for incoming Freshmen, or shipping it 
home, and the leave-taking of the old familiar rooms, now so bare and forlorn, a 
farewell hand-shake with departing classmates, a good-by to genial Mr. Booker, 
a lingering look at the campus and the classic halls, and the Alumni were bound 
for home. 

THE SENIOR SUPPER. 

[From the Oi-ientr\ 

"The 4.40 train for Portland, on Friday afternoon, carried a most jolly 
crowd to the class supper of '76. 

" The supper, which was held at the Falmouth Hotel, was served at a quarter 
after eight. It was preceded by a class meeting for the transaction of business. 
The following officers were elected for a term of three years : President, A. E. 



94 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Andrews ; first vice-president, E. H. Kimball ; second vice-president, O. C. 
Stevens ; secretary, F. C. Payson ; treasurer, Bion Wilson ; committee of 
arrangements, Arthur T. Parker, W. Alden, C. Whittemore. 

" The class oars were given to the boys who used them in the race last fall; 
and twenty-five dollars was voted for a cup for the first baby born to the class. 

"The supper was excellent, both in kind and quality, and was well served. 
Ample justice was done to the viands, but this did not prevent a running fire of 
mirth and wit. The Class of '66 were celebrating their decennial in the house, 
and '76 sent them congratulations, wishing them many happy returns of the day. 
'66, in return, cordially welcomed the newly graduated class to the body of the 
Alumni of Bowdoin. 

"The following are the toasts, Arlo Bates being toast-master for the even- 
ing:— 

Boiudoin : 

' Mother and Goddess.' 

Responded to by A. T. Parker. 

T/ie Faculty : 

' These were our teachers ; who can feel surprised 
That from their care we have emerged so wise ? ' 

Responded to by H. E. Hall. 

The Re,h 

' Red is the maiden's mouth, 
And thus to all 'tis known 
That when we sip the maiden's lip 
We only take our own.' 

Responded to by O. C. Stevens. 

Oii7- Absent Meynhers : 

' Tho' parted, we are no less one.' 

Responded to by G. F. Pratt. 

T/ie Classical Department : 

' Hark to their hoofs as they galloping go.' 

Responded to by C. H. Clark. 

77;,? Scientific Department ; 
'Engineered through life by their own knowledge, and led into the hereafter by right angles.' 

Responded to by E. B. Newcomb. 

The Undergraduates : 

' Nature has framed strange fellows in her day.' 

Responded to by C. S. Andrews. 

Our Coming Glories : 

' Footprints on the sands of time.' 

Responded to by J. A. Morrill 



CLASS HISTORY. 95 

Base Ball : 

' There is no luck for steadfast men, 
Who bend Fate's will to theirs.' 

Responded to by A. Sanford. 

Boatifig : 

' Not what men gain, but what they do, 
Gives them their place and worth.' 

Responded to by F. C. Pavson. 

The Ladies of Brunswick : 

' Fair, sweet, and unforgiving.' 

Responded to by W. G. Waiit. 

A n's Love : 

' I love, I love, I care not what the world may say.' 

Responded to by W. Alden. 

" The supper was unfortunately shortened by the departure of some of the 
boys on the 11.20 train, and with hearty but sad farewells ended '76's graduation 
supper." 

"The boys of '76 have joined the great body of Alumni, and the halls of 
Bowdoin will know them no more as undergraduates. In behalf of those who 
remain, and who, during the past years, have formed some of their dearest 
friendships among their number, we bid them an affectionate farewell. 

" By those who knew her members, and who were associated with them 
through any part of their college course, the name of '76 will not soon be for- 
gotten. It was a class that had, and justly had, a great deal of self-respect and 
class pride. But loyalty to '76 was never allowed to overshadow loyalty to 
Bowdoin, and among few classes have the interests of the college found warmer 
friends and advocates. We shall miss the boys when we re-assemble next fall, 
but we take pleasure in extending to them the best wishes of all the undergrad- 
uates of old Bowdoin. With old Rip Van Winkle we say, ' Here's to their health 
and their families ; may they live long and prosper!'" — Orient. 



INCIDENTS. 

The following references to college affairs are taken from letters received 
from various members and from the minutes of the secretary. We publish them 
as they were received, simply as memorabilia which will recall to mind many 
little scenes in the every-day life of our college course. The first note is from a 
prominent member of '75, who is now the treasurer of a bank not far from Bos- 
ton, and refers in a friendly way to the two classes of '75 and '77, with whom we 
had disciplinary relations : — 

" As a member of '75, a class, in the judgment of the Faculty, more or less 
acquainted by instinct and experience in preserving class distinctions, I might 
recall a number of instances wherein it was deemed necessary to exercise some- 
thing like parental discipline over some insubordinate members of '76. It must 
be admitted that '75 arrogated unto itself the chief functions and prerogatives 
of a college court. The frequent clashing of authority was what undoubtedly 
inspired a member of the Faculty to admit to me on the day of our graduation 
that it was a great relief to the college officials to get rid of '75. I remember, 
as a Junior, with four or five other members of my class, being witness to a little 
scene in North Appleton, when an unsuspecting member of '']'] was pitilessly 
invited to forget the lateness of the hour and accompany some leading spirits of 
'76 to a little escapade. He was trotted around the campus, received a gener- 
ous sea-foam at the college pump, sang his songs of home and mother, — the 
rendition of which established forever in my mind the possibility of every living 
soul being attuned to heavenly (?) minstrelsy, — besides entertaining his audi- 
ence with his terpsichorean movements, his wonderful athletic accomplishments, 
and his happy ( ?) blending of the comic and the tragic under favorable condi- 
tions. 

" I vividly recall a reckless but highly successful entrance into a Freshman's 
room in a private dwelling quite near Medical Hall. The culprit was an uncon- 
sciously innocent member of '77. He thought he was quite a dangerous char- 
acter, and, therefore, much to be avoided by '76. He really was not so tough 
as he had believed himself to be. He was a fit candidate for Sophomoric 
cathartics. To enter his room, up two flights in a private residence, was, 
indeed, a hazardous undertaking, but not too venturesome for desperate lead- 
ers who had the honor and dignity of '76 to uphold. At about midnight a few 



INCIDENTS. 97 

of the tried and true quietly entered the dwelHng and cautiously proceeded to 
the unfortunate's room. A gentle tap brought him to the door and to his senses. 
It was too late to kick. He saw he was a doomed man, and truly he was. 
Never was a Freshman more cleverly or effectually introduced to Sophomoric 
discipline and consequent Freshman humiliation. The name of '76 was 
thoroughly vindicated, though several of its members spent some time away 
from college after this. 

" I remember, of course, many other college adventures, but particularly 
those in which the members of '75 were the dramatis per son cf. 

" '75 and '76 enjoyed the most pleasant social relations during their contem- 
poraneous college life. Some of the most intimate and enduring friendships 
were and are to be found existing between the representatives of both classes. 
'76 respected the strength and aggressiveness of '75. '75 recognized and appre- 
ciated the high scholarship and manly character personified in the membership 
of '76." 

It is quite true that '75 showed great activity, and Brookhouse was one of 
the first victims of it, and soon after a number of Freshmen in John Payne's room 
were made well acquainted with Sophomoric methods. 

Speaking of '76 as Sophomores, a member says: " I presume Alph had as 
many ludicrous experiences as anybody, especially with ' Spud ' Moore. I recall 
two. On one occasion, after Alph had just come in from ' drill,' he sat in his room 
on the third floor in old Appleton, with his feet hanging out of the window, 
blowing a horn six feet long and raising the mischief generally, when tutor 
Moore walked along below and, looking up, recognized Alph's card, and went up 
and called on him. On another occasion he had a tub of water in the third story 
hall of Maine waiting for the Freshmen to come out from class-room, when 
Moore spied him and made him bring the water down to the ground." 

'76 was engaged in a number of bold affairs, one being the case of the Fresh- 
man who was taken at midnight to the graveyard in the woods, on the Bath road, 
and later tied to the door handle of Prof. White's house ; the attack on Golden's 
room, when he fixed his bayonet and defended himself in warlike manner; and 
the evening engagement with '']'] on the campus. We remember one Sunday 
morning when Alph, Billy Wright, and other Sophomores ordered two Freshmen 
to build Alph's fire. The Freshmen got away once, but under the soothing 
influence of bamboo canes with steel cores they performed the work satisfactorily. 

Speaking of Freshman incidents, one of the members recalls the following 
about Brookhouse: " Soon after the boys had their uniforms he went home on 
a vacation, and considered it fitting to go in uniform and properly represent the 
college. He ordered a hack to take him to the depot, and when it arrived he 
appeared in full uniform, with his gun and bayonet fixed. He had some difficulty 



98 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

in getting his own form and the gun and bayonet into the hack, but finally suc- 
ceeded, and probably captured his native town without bloodshed." Another 
member sends us the following recollections of Freshman year: "I roomed the 
first term at Mother Pierce's on Cleveland Street, with Whitcomb, White, and 
Brookhouse. Poor Brookhouse was the object of much attention on the part of 
the upper classmen. His own classmates, I remember, came near choking him 
one night when a party of them visited his room in the attic of Mrs. Pierce's and 
threw red pepper on to his stove. The poor fellow had a hard time to get out. 
How about the evening at Miss Thompson's, in P"rank Kimball's room, when the 
fellows took out the slats from the bed and then purposely made a racket, know- 
ing full well that the old lady would rush to the room to give them a scolding 
and take her accustomed seat upon the bed. The scheme worked to perfection, 
and Aunt Mary and the bed became a confused mass of skirts and bedding. The 
dear old lady threatened to send down town and have the policeman turn them 
all out, but she did like her boys so much she soon got over it." 

Prince and Brookhouse were among those having experiences with Noel 
Hope. The following is one: — 

" An interesting feature of the experience of '76 was Noel Hope, an eccen- 
tric individual who wandered into Brunswick and was temporarily engaged at the 
college as a tutor for one of the divisions in French. He was a great lover of 
cheroots — the cheaper the better. While he was rooming at Mrs. Pierce's, on 
Cleveland Street, he came into possession of several hundred green cheroots. 
As the stove in Brookhouse's room (who was at that time rooming at Mrs. 
Pierce's) had an oven, Noel thought to avail himself of it in order to properly 
dry out his cherished weeds, and, not finding Brookhouse in his room, placed his 
precious freight within the oven, intending to speak to Brookhouse concerning 
them. Later Brookhouse returned and naturally started up his fire; the stove, 
being an old-fashioned air-tight, responded quickly, and was soon gloriously hot. 
Our friend Noel, meanwhile, was regaling himself, as was his wont, with a stroll 
on the street and probably congratulating himself over the anticipated pleasure 
which his weeds were to afford him, when, as he afterwards stated, the horrible 
consequences dawned upon his mind were Brookhouse to return to his room and, 
not knowing of the cheroots in the oven, start up the fire. Banish the thought! 
The situation was most critical. Noel wheeled about, and with a determination 
to undo his folly dashed madly up the street, into the house, and up the stairway 
he flew, and, flinging wide the door, made a mad rush at the stove. Probably the 
grip with which his desperate fingers seized that oven door considerably com- 
pressed the metal, and then, as there issued a dense smoke of burned tobacco, 
he wilted on to the floor with a groan, which to the startled and astonished Brook- 
house, who was quietly occupied over his books, was fresh evidence of the truth 



INCIDENTS. 99 

that had gained behef in the minds of the students that Noel was not well bal- 
anced in the mind." 

The river afforded much sport for some of the students, — a beautiful river, 
yet peculiar in some respects. Below the falls it pursued a quiet course to Cow 
Island, and then turned and passed in a narrow channel by what was called the 
Old Mill Point, where there was quite an eddy, then on through the woods to 
Merrymeeting Bay. 

One Saturday, in the early part of our first term, Stevens, Jameson, and 
"Appy" Clark, '73, went out boating. When near Cow Island they did some 
practical work in geology by investigating the sedimentary formation of the 
river bottom, and returned in rather a drenched condition. On another occasion 
" Kim." went to Bath and hired a small boat for the season, starting one Sunday 
morning for Brunswick. He had never been up the river, but thought he could 
sail and row the fifteen miles during the day. He wasted a good part of the 
forenoon drifting round above the city, finally pulling through the narrows. He 
then mistook a blind cove for the river, but got back and into the rapids, which, 
as the tide was rising, were rushing up towards Merrymeeting Bay. He was 
thrown, boat and all, on to a ledge, and lost an oar ; finally he got out into the 
stream and paddled to a house near the bay, where he procured another oar 
somewhat larger than the first, and started up the bay against a head wind and 
quite a sea. The day was drawing to a close, and he had neglected to take any 
lunch. The sun set, the tide went out, and he found himself on a sand bar 
about half a mile from the mouth of the Androscoggin. He got out and tried 
to pull the boat off, but could not find the channel, and kept getting in a worse 
place. He tried to wade ashore to get something to eat in a farmhouse he saw 
on the hill, but struck a deep channel. He could not get his boat there and 
could not wade ashore, neither could he swim ashore and call at the house with- 
out clothes; so he started back for the boat and nearly lost it in the darkness. 
Sticking an oar in the sand, he made the painter fast, laid down in the bottom of 
the boat and slept till two or three o'clock in the morning, when the boat was 
afloat and he started for Brunswick, arriving about six and meeting Ladd and 
the crew just going to the boathouse for morning practice. This shows that 
the course up the river to Brunswick, beautiful as it was, was not all plain sail- 
ing, especially for those who were not acquainted with its peculiarities. Many 
other adventures occurred among our members, of which we have not the 
details. 

We all remember the little old boathouse with the college and class shells, 
and, though the building was not one of architectural beauty, still we did not 
severely criticise it because it was built by students, who bought the lumber and 
put it up. 



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As captain of our class crew during '75 and '76, Robinson was very busy 
for a couple of months before the races came off. The crew went into regular 
training like the " 'varsity" crew. He made an inspection each night at nine 
o'clock to see if the crew were in bed, and at five o'clock the next morning 
called them to make the first trip down the river. With nothing but a cracker for 
lunch they ran down Federal Street to the boathouse, dressed, put in the boat, 
and pulled leisurely to the railroad bridge, and then pulled hard over the course 
" around the island." In the afternoon at four o'clock they repeated the " pull," 
as in the morning, running back to college after "rubbing down." Several 
young ladies living on the line of the running were taking music lessons at the 
time, and one in particular got up early to practise. It was believed that any 
especially quick time in the morning's " pull " was the result of a pleasant smile 
from her as they passed tb.e house. 

The river banks and the woods above the falls also afforded much pleasure 
to those who enjoyed gathering wild flowers, and sometimes the botanist was 
accompanied on his tramps by some "bud," or, perchance, by some full-blown 
flower gathered from Brunwick's bouquet of fair ones. There were many Belles, 
and the student soon learned where grew the Rose, the Daisy, and the Lily, and 
the members of '76 well knew when, without a blush, they boldly chose the rosy 
hue as the class color. We remember with pleasure the many quiet walks 
through the pine woods about Brunswick, Topsham, and even down to Harps- 
well ; and we recall with a smile the dances, when each one took his girl to the 
hall, on foot when she lived near, and in a carriage when the distance was great, 
and the times we had during heavy snow-storms in getting to and fro. Then 
there were the drives. Each student generally took a single sleigh, with some 
young lady ; but occasionally a large party was organized. Apropos of this we 
quote from the Orient: "Scene: Company assembled just before a large 
sleigh ride. Lady. 'Who is to be our chaperon?' Student. 'Well, Mr. Fernald 
is going to drive, I believe.'" 

The college interests, however, consumed a large part of the spare time, 
and the base-ball games on the Delta attracted not only the students, but many 
townspeople, and the white fence was lined with a motley crowd ; while during 
dress parade by the battalion the road on either side was often occupied by the 
teams of wondering country people. The Delta was the common ground where 
the students mingled with the Hoi Polloi, but once within the college hedge he 
was separated from the " Yagger" and even the " Modoc," but he was not averse 
to entertaining stray visitors, especially distinguished ones. We remember the 
visits of " Hon." Daniel Pratt of Prattsville, Chelsea, the Great American 
Traveller, and president of four kingdoms. Daniel Pratt landed in town one 
evening and called on the "Prex" to solicit aid and influence, as he wished to 



INCIDENTS. loi 

run for president of the United States. Then he took a stroll across the campus. 
Daniel was a Harvard man, but in his extensive travels he had learned how little 
he knew, and often came to Bowdoin to gather crumbs of wisdom, though he, 
of course, maintained that he came to give the undergraduates great truths; and 
on this occasion he was invited into the Senior recitation-room and conducted to 
the desk, where he delivered a wonderfully deep and comprehensive discourse on 
"The Concatenation of Human Events considered relatively with Regard to the 
Influence of Mental Power over Inorganic Matter." The students paid close 
attention for a while and then raised some objections to his conclusions. An 
argument was in progress when " Bunny" Hawthorne, '74, appeared in uniform, 
decked out with various badges, ribbons, etc., and carrying a large scrapbook, in 
which he began taking notes. Daniel eyed him carefully a minute and then 
desired information as to who he was. Hawthorne informed him that he was a 
representative of Queen Victoria, and was taking notes in order that the queen 
might be able to look into the important facts stated by the lecturer. Daniel at 
first was anxious to have a look himself at the book, and then became suspicious. 
At this critical point some one blew out the lamp, an uproar followed, and poor 
Daniel rushed out on to the campus, followed by the howling audience. Then 
the boys took pity on him and raised a subscription of a couple of dollars for 
him, and he departed. 

Amusement was afforded not only by outsiders at times and by Freshmen, 
but even by the upper classmen. Two Sophomores, "Billy" and Bion, roomed 
at 26 Winthrop Hall, and, though they assumed the dignity and valor of their 
position, yet the youthful Freshman feelings were not quite dead, and uncon- 
sciously at times a dread of '75 would manifest itself during the early part of the 
term. 

Some of the members of '76 rigged up a dummy in the room and placed it 
at the open window, leaning on the sill, apparently looking out. Then they 
waited till the occupants came up stairs and informed them that they were 
charged with ducking a '75 man instead of a Freshman, and that a member of 
'75 was in their room on the lookout for them, and that the bedroom was filled 
with '75 men. They peeked in, saw the man at the window, beat a hasty retreat, 
and waited an hour or two for the dummy and his friends to leave, and were 
finally informed of the joke by friends in season to get on their uniforms for drill. 

We quote from another member of '76 who refers to some incidents in col- 
lege life : "I remember that, during a temperance sermon by Rev. Mr. Byington 
one Sunday, he mentioned the fact that the price of whiskey per gallon had gone 
down, and immediately nearly every student 'wooded up,' which caused him to 
pause in his discourse and the congregation to look up in astonishment at the 
students." "You doubtless remember the 'war' between the railroad officials 



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and the students on account of the large number who daily went to the station 
and passed through the trains, which waited to allow the passengers to get din- 
ner, and that Townsend threatened to arrest them. One day some of the boys 
tied the bell rope on the rear car to a post in the station, and as the train went 
out the rope snapped in the car, the passengers were frightened, and the train 
came to a standstill ; but the culprits had disappeared." 

We all remember the night when the guns were fired. The field-pieces 
stood in front of Memorial Hall. After midnight they were heavily charged, 
fuses of various lengths applied, and then the windows in the college buildings 
and the houses in town were shaken by the boom of the guns one after another- 

Another member writes as follows: "Things that bring a smile as they are 
called to mind : Rowe trying to use his telegraph instrument like a modern tele- 
phone in his endeavor to call Newcomb. Brookhouse under the pump. New^- 
comb and Souther's entertainment given in honor of visiting Sophomores. The 
wreck of the 'Temple' in November, '75. The skeleton hanging in the Chapel. 
The fun in Noel Hope's French class. His dramatic recitations. The Great 
American Traveller's lecture upon 'The Spheroidal Superiority of Mind over the 
Abstract Consanguinity of Inanimated Matter.' The cow in the fourth story of 
Appleton. The deceptive appearance of the ponderous (?) clubs swung by 
Newcomb in the gymnastic exhibitions. The complexity of the formulas and 
equations placed upon the blackboard in the draughting-room, by Prof. Vose, 
for the mystification of visiting students from Orono. Pleasing recollections of 
the Bowdoin Rebellion, and the discovery and rapid introduction of the 'fakir' 
in Cosine's department." 

Freshmen are naturally considered somewhat green, and mistakes among 
them are made more of than among upper classmen. The Orient contained a 
number of bon mots, some of which we quote : — 

''Prof. C. (to Freshman). 'Y)e.cX\nQ adolescens.' (Freshman, unable to do 
so, begins upon nubcs}) P^of- C. ' Do you take that word because you are in 
a cloud?' [The Freshman was Sturgis.] 

" A Freshman, after gazing in rapt admiration upon the painting of St. Sim- 
eon in the picture gallery, exclaimed: ' Well, that is handsome ! It is the finest 
Madonna I ever saw.' 

''Prof. ' Why is rf^j^/rrt always used in the plural?' Freshman. 'Because 
Cicero spoke from it so often.' 

" Scene in Butler's Analogy. P^'of. ' In what other way do we see than 
through our natural eyes?' Student. 'By spectacles.' 

''Prof. ' What is the meaning of emancipate?' Freshman. ' To put down.' 
Prof. 'Then when we emancipated the slaves we put them down, did we?' 
FresJiman. 'No: we put their masters down.' 



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"A Freshman the other day reciting Horace in the society of a 'pony' leaf 
and a guiUy conscience, was asked by the tutor, with reference to the text, if he 
had ' pones.' As his cheeks quickly assumed the shade of Weale's Classics, the 
tutor apologized for asking him before the class, adding that he was unaware 
that he was so sensitive. [The Freshman was ' Croke'; the tutor was Moore.] 

"A '73 man, in looking over the Freshman class for candidates for the Bow- 
doin Praying Circle, called upon one of our number, whom he had heard was a 

church member. After a few general remarks he said, ' I believe, Mr. , you 

are a professor of religion, are you not?' — 'No, sir,' replied the Freshman; 'I 
am not, and never expect to be.' 

"The answer was so decided the Senior concluded he had made a mistake in 
the man, and changed the subject of conversation, and soon left. 

"The Freshman afterwards said to a friend, 'That Senior asked me if I was 
a professor of religion. Queer question. If I had been I should not be a Fresh- 
man here.' — ' Oh!' replied his friend, 'he probably wished you to join the pray- 
ing circle, and wanted to know if you professed a belief in Christianity.' 

""Freshman. 'Oh! was that it? Well, I'll see about it,' and soon after he 
became a member of the praying circle. " 

Many of the students were fond of natural history, and made a study of the 
horse and the pony, and often became familiar with the goat. But when a man 
was found riding through the recitation he was very apt to take a "dead" instead 
of making a " ten strike." Some of the professors objected seriously to eques- 
trian exercise during recitation hours, but whether it was indulged in or not, we 
think of the air of satisfaction with which the lucky man in the mathematical room 
would end his problem in geometry or trigonometry with the ''quod erat demon- 
strandimi " written with a flourish on the blackboard and take his seat, though 
in the brain-curdling calculus the air of satisfaction was not so often displayed. 
We think also of the instinctive movements of the nose when a man started to 
work out the chemical equation leading to sulphureted hydrogen (HoS), and we 
recall the familiar names applied to some of the professors, as " Cosine," " Tril- 
obite," etc., according to what they taught; but under whatever name they went 
their little marks were equally important. 

One morning, as the last alarm for prayers was ringing, one of our members 
— who had a fine collection of marks, in fact, so many that he was riding on the 
second stage of discipline, and near the end of the trip at that, so that he could 
afford very few more — came rushing into Chapel with dishevelled hair, a pair of 
rubber boots on, and an ulster over his rode de nuit ; but he escaped a mark. 

On one occasion a '76 man was sick, and a member of his club rooming in 
the same end brought over a little bundle of meat and bread to him. The 
weather was very cold and the meal was not so palatable as he wished, anci he 



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determined to fix things so he could prepare a meal if he wished in the future. 
The next day he rigged up a box in his closet as a cupboard and supplied it with 
a few dishes, some tea, coffee, sugar, and provisions. The following morning he 
decided to have a trial breakfast. He had the trial, but not the breakfast, and, 
after missing prayers and the first recitation, he was obliged to go down to the 
depot for his breakfast and lost the second recitation. He was not discouraged, 
though, and in the afternoon called upon a young lady in town and stated the 
situation, with the result that a cooking-school was organized, with one pupil ; 
and after this he was prepared for an emergency in case he were sick some day 
and wished to be well, or in case he were well and decided to be too sick to 
attend recitations for a day. 

After all, some of our pleasantest recollections are associated with our rooms. 
We fitted them up with our own things, arranged according to our own ideas, 
and no matter how simply they might be furnished, we felt somewhat differently 
than if they had- been rooms furnished and taken care of by others. As the 
sister, wife, or mother looks with more interest on the bit of embroidery which 
ornaments her room, if it is her own handiwork, so we felt more interest in our 
rooms when they represented our own individuality and contained little conven- 
iences which we had devised; and there was ample opportunity for the display of 
ingenuity and taste. The bedrooms, especially the small ones, barely admitted 
more than a bed or two cots, a sink and a bureau ; and economy of space was a 
necessity: but the study rooms were large, and were often made very attractive. 
Here we studied, here we read and laid our plans for work in life, and here we 
enjoyed the social calls of classmates, and in the quiet evening hours built our 
castles in the air. 



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CLASS PICTURES. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 

The following sketches of the members of the Class of '76 have been 
made up from the records of the class secretary, the Bugles and Bowdoinensias, 
the circulars sent out by the committee, and notes contributed by various mem- 
bers. The material has been put together by different men and then corrected 
by members of the committee, consequently the articles vary more or less in 
their scope and character. The committee does not hold itself responsible for 
errors. It has simply taken what material it has been able to obtain and put it 
together, and where members have failed to answer properly the list of ques- 
tions sent to them, the committee cannot be justly criticised if the record is not 
complete. It is acknowledged that the records of some of the non-graduates 
are quite incomplete, but the majority of those of the graduate members are 
considered nearly correct. 

It is interesting to note how many of those with whom we were most inti- 
mate have pursued the courses laid out by them before graduation, and how 
many have engaged in work in which they would derive material benefit from a 
college education. Such an education is of practical assistance in most of the 
professions, but even in mercantile pursuits it often makes life easier on account 
of the added information and resources a man possesses in hours of solitude, or 
in society. 

We recall the chats in the dormitory rooms when our classmates dis- 
cussed their plans. Some had decided tastes for engineering, some for business, 
and some for medicine ; while others relied upon the desires and advice of their 
parents in regard to their future occupation. Some have engaged in unsuc- 
cessful work, but after several changes have found the suitable vocation. Nearly 
all the members of the class have shown their sterling qualities and followed the 
old advice to " try, try again" and " never give up"; and, through their own per- 
sistence and the advice and help of their families and friends, most of them are 
to-day well established in their life's work, happy in their own little homes, pro- 
viding for devoted families, and an honor to their class and their Alma Mater. 

The interest shown by many has been a source of pleasure to the com- 
mittee, and when the request for recent pictures of the class was sent out a 
number replied that they would be pleased to send pictures of their homes. These 
could not be used, but it showed the pride felt by the writers in the results of 



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their labor and prudence, and though some were unpretentious, yet, "be it 
ever so humble, there's no place like home " ; and the owners are happier and 
more contented than kings in their palaces. 

VVe would call attention to the engineers in the class, who have succeeded 
particularly well, and also to the fact that two of our classmates have been elected 
members of the Board of Overseers of the college. The college is indebted to 
a '76 man for the beautiful organ in the Chapel, as well as books for the library, 
and valuable collections for the Cleaveland cabinet. 

We offer the following records of our classmates, trusting that errors and 
omissions will be kindly overlooked : — 

WILLIAM ALDEN. 

William Alden was born in Portland, Me., Aug. 19, 1855, fitted for college 
at the Portland High School, and entered Aug. 29, 1872. Graduated July 13, 
1876. Intended occupation, medicine. Height, 5 feet 10 '^4 inches; weight, 
170 pounds. 

He was a tall, handsome fellow, and one of the society men of the class. 
He did not study very hard, but gave considerable time to matters connected 
with the social interests of the college, and was prominent in all the college and 
class sports. 

He was a member of the Peucinian, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Phi Chi 
societies. Also a member of the Boat Club, Baseball Association, Athletic 
Association, and the Telegraph Association. He was on the committee on odes 
in his Freshman and Sophomore years, third on the committee of the reading- 
room, and second division leader of the Freshman class in his Sophomore year. 
In his Junior year he was secretary of the class; took the prize for the best- 
looking man at Ivy Day ; was second division leader of the second class of 
proficients, first director of the Telegraph Association, and second vice-presi- 
dent of the Baseball Association. In his Senior year he was vice-president of 
the Baseball Association and vice-president of the Telegraph Association. He 
played second base on the Sophomore nine, second base on the Junior nine, 
and centre field on the Senior nine. He pulled number three in the Junior crew 
and number two in the Senior crew. 

He took fourth prize in the standing long jump ; second prize in the 
running long jump; second prize, hurdle race, and first prize, 100-yard dash, at 
the first field day, Nov. 14, 1874. Took first prize, 100-yard dash, at the 
second field day, June 5, 1875. Took first prize, 100-yard dash, and first 
prize in the hurdle race, at the third field day, Oct. 30, 1875. Took second 
prize, 100-yard dash, at the fourth field day, June 3, 1876. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 109 

Immediately after graduation he commenced the study of medicine, gradu- 
ating at the Medical School of Maine in June, 1879. He then became a partner 
with Dr. W. W. Greene of Portland, with whom he remained until January, 1880, 
when he opened an office at 666 Congress Street, Portland, where he remained 
three years. In the spring of 1883 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the 
United States Army, and he left Pordand for his station at Fort Assiniboinel, 
Montana Territory. Soon after he moved to Tower, Minn., and opened an 
office as physician and surgeon, acquiring a large practice. 

He married Nov. 17, 1886. In December, 1887, his wife died, after a sick- 
ness of only a few days. She was beloved and respected by her many friends 
for her womanly virtues, her generosity, and her tender, loving nature. 

Soon after his wife's death he removed to Duluth, Minn., and opened an 
office as physician and surgeon, where he is at the present time. 

In 1890 he married Miss Margaret A. Welch of Portland, Me., since which 
time we have no records. 

CHARLES SEWAIX ANDREWS. 

Charles Sevvall Andrews was born in Otisfield, Me., Dec. 19, 185 i. Fitted 
for college at Waterville Classical Institute, and entered July 12, 1872. Gradu- 
ated July 13, 1876. Intended occupation, law. Height, 6 feet i inch ; weight, 
165 pounds. 

He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Delta Chi societies. 

He was orator of the class during his Senior year, and president of the 
class from 1876 to 1879. He took part in the Senior and Junior exhibition of 
Dec. 21, 1874; subject, "Funeral Oration on Louis XIV. (Latin version from 
Moliere)." He also took part in the Senior and Junior exhibition of Dec. 20, 
1875; subject, "A Century's Growth": and at Commencement he had an 
oration. 

The autumn following graduation he became principal of the high school 
at Mankato, Minn., where he remained until the spring of 1877, when he re- 
moved to San Francisco, Cal. Soon after he commenced canvassing for a serial 
or J. B. Ford & Co. In July he obtained a position on the San Francisco Mail, and 
in October, 1877, he commenced the study of law with Judge Blake (1883). In 
September, 1878, he entered the Hastings Law College, graduating from that in- 
stitution in May, 1881. Immediately after graduating he entered the law office of 
Judge Blake as partner, remaining there until November, 1881, when he became 
private clerk to Mayor Blake, remaining there until the mayor's term of office ex- 
pired in January, 1883, when he removed to Nordhoff, Ventura County, in South- 
ern California, to try to recover his health, which was failing. The change was 
somewhat beneficial to him, but it failed to arrest the disease, and he left Nord- 



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hoff the last week in March for San Francisco, arriving two days afterward. On 
March 31, 1883, he left San Francisco for his home in Maine, arriving there 
April 9, 1883. 

After arriving home he failed gradually until April 12, 1883, when he passed 
away, aged 31 years 3 months 23 days. 



EULOGY ON CHARLES SEWALL ANDREWS. 

RECEIVED FROM J. S. LEAVITT. 

Charles Sewall Andrews died of consumption at Norway, Me., April 12, 
1883, aged 31 years 3 months 23 days. He was the youngest of a family of 
nine children, six of whom are now living, four brothers and two sisters. His 
father was the late David Andrews of Otisfield, Me. ; born in Norway, March i , 
1804; died in Otisfield, April 7, 1851. His mother was Harriet Sawyer of Otis- 
field; born in Otisfield, March 23, 1809; died at Norway, April 2, 1880, aged 71 
years 10 days. In early life she married Mr. Andrews and was left a widow 
with nine children ; the youngest, the subject of this sketch, was not born until 
after his father's death. 

In childhood he was a model child, seldom needing correction like the 
others, but inclined to do about right usually. At school, for the first few years 
he was rather a dull scholar, but his genial nature and amiable disposition made 
him a general favorite. When about twelve years old he seemed to show a 
greater interest in his studies, and went ahead in a way that surprised his friends 
and teachers. 

He attended school at several academies, when he decided to fit for college, 
and entered Waterville Classical Institute, where he took a high rank, and grad- 
uated in July, 1872, one of the first in his class. 

In September, 1872, he entered Bowdoin College, taking the prize of two 
hundred and forty dollars, over forty competitors, for the best entrance fit in 
Mathematics. In college he always ranked well. 

After graduating from Bowdoin College with honor, in 1876, he visited the 
Centennial with his sister, then visited another sister living in New Jersey. 
While there he received the offer of a high school at Mankato, Minn. This he 
accepted, and went to that place in September, 1876. Starting out in life for him- 
self, no longer a student, but to try the stern realities of life alone, his courage 
was good, and he felt equal to the situation. His health was by no means firm 
at that time, but he found his school pleasant, and gave good satisfaction to both 
scholars and school officials. He experienced much discomfort from the severe 
weather, often freezing nose, ears, and fingers on his way to school, and 



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thoroughly learning that the so-called blizzards were a reality. His eyes, which 
had troubled him in college, began to be weak again after a few weeks in school, 
and after teaching about nine months he was obliged to resign. 

He was unwilling to return home without seeing more of the West, and 
left for San Francisco, Cal., March 5, 1877, with no other purpose than seeing 
the country, as his eyes unfitted him for whatever he most wished to do. He 
arrived there March 14, and took rooms at the Central Pacific. Hotel, and 
remained a few days, looking about the city and trying to find something that he 
could do, to pay his expenses if possible. At that time it was almost impossible 
to find work there, men being willing to do most anything to earn their board. 
In his diary he said: "I am much better off than others I see here, have enough 
to live on at present, and enough to go home with laid by, if I want to go." 
He was unwilling to give up and go home, and soon commenced canvassing for 
a serial for J. B. Ford & Co., this being the best thing that presented itself to- 
do. He succeeded better than he expected, made more than enough to pay his 
expenses, and in July got a position on the San Francisco Mail. This paid 
better than canvassing, and gave him more spare time. His eyes were all the 
time improving and he toiled hopefully on. He aspired to something better, 
but was willing to rise step by step. He was ever hopeful, but during those 
months it must have required a good deal of courage and will to remain, while 
times were so very hard ; but he was determined to show himself able to earn 
his own living. In August, 1877, he met Judge Maurice C. Blake of San Fran- 
cisco, a native of Maine, and a graduate of Bowdoin College, and a son of the 
late Dr. Josiah Blake of Otisfield, Me. Judge Blake was a man of great influ- 
ence and of strict integrity. He received him cordially and offered to assist 
him in any way he could. Andrews felt encouraged at the Judge's kindness and 
went on with renewed courage. A few weeks afterward, in October, 1877, Judge 
Blake took him into his law office as a student, with copying to do for him, for 
which he was paid more than enough to pay his own expenses, meanwhile con- 
tinuing his work on the Mail. In his diary he says : " I have got a place now 
that just suits me ; I like it, and am beginning to get an insight into the law 
already." He went on in this way, feeling well pleased with his place, until the 
next year, in September, he entered the Hastings Law College, a branch of the 
California University. Entering upon an examination, he was found to be equal 
in knowledge to some who had practised law from one to three years and took 
a three years' course. The last term of the second year, those whose rank was 
from ninety-five per cent upward were to be honorably promoted ; and he, with 
seven others of a class of over forty, received this honor, he being second to no 
one. He graduated with the highest honors. May 30, 1881. Of the graduation 
a San Francisco paper says: "The class graduated May 30, 1881, from Platts 



112 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



Hall. Out of a total of ninety-five who took up the studies at the beginning of 
the term three years ago, forty-live remained to complete the course and gradu- 
ate with honors. Among the students who distinguished themselves in their 
examinations were Messrs. Alfred M. Sayre, Charles Sewall Andrews, and 
William T. Safford, who will, no doubt, make their mark before the bar." 

Immediately after graduating and being admitted to the United States 
Supreme Court, Judge Blake took him into partnership with himself and nephew, 
Maurice B. Blake. He continued in this place until November, 1881, when Judge 
Blake was chosen mayor of San Francisco. Here Judge Blake showed his 
esteem and confidence in Mr. Andrews by choosing him for his clerk, over, as he 
said, dozens of applicants for the office, some backed by strong political influence. 

This office he held until Mayor Blake's term of office expired in January, 1883, 
attending at the same time to some law business. He often had cases in court, 
which he pleaded himself, sometimes in the Superior Court. All this time the 
close confinement to business was telling on his health; but, fearing he might 
cause his friends anxiety, he seldom referred to his health when writing home. 

He first consulted a physician about his lung trouble in August, 1882, 
although he had a cough several months before. The physician at once ordered 
him into the country, telling him his lungs were somewhat affected. The 4th 
of September he went to Howell Mountain, St. Helena. This place was espe- 
cially recommended as beneficial to those with lung diseases. Here he remained 
six weeks, when the rainy season commencing, he returned to the city im- 
proved much in appearance ; and the doctor said the sensitiveness in his lungs 
had healed over, though his hoarseness continued. He advised him not to 
remain long in San Francsico. This was in November, and the mayor's term 
would expire in two months, and as he felt much better he thought he would 
remain with Mayor Blake until the end of the term. His salary was quite large, 
and he was so well suited with his place that it was not strange that he could 
not easily give it all up then and leave his pleasant surroundings. He was very 
careful of his health, yet he lost rather than gained. His throat trouble (laryn- 
gitis) caused such hoarseness that he could hardly speak aloud, yet his friends 
were not aware of it until a few weeks before he died. During this time his 
lung disease evidently did not cause him much uneasiness, for he was ever look- 
ing on the bright side of life, and never wished to cause his friends alarm. 

Jan. 9, 1883, he left San Francisco for Nordhoff, Ventura County, in South- 
ern California, about three hundred and twenty- five miles. from the city. It is 
called "The Ojar," a mountain-rimmed valley lying between Los Angeles and 
Santa Barbara, called the best climate in the United States for pulmonary 
troubles. 

This change was in some respects beneficial, and no doubt prolonged his 



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life, but failed to arrest the disease ; for, although he apparently suffered little 
pain, he gradually failed, though his physician told him his lungs were all right, 
and that his throat trouble was the only trouble, and that not serious. 

He only wished to remain there until the weather was suitable to return 
home, after an absence of seven years. The desire for reaching home seemed 
to give him courage and strength to attempt the journey. He left Nordhoff the 
last week in March by steamer for San Francisco, where he arrived in two days 
in a weaker condition than when leaving, on account of seasickness during the 
voyage. He remained there a few days, making the necessary preparations for 
starting home by steamer. He was so weak that his friends in San Francisco 
dissuaded him from going by steamer, telling him that it would be very impru- 
dent for him to undertake so long a sea voyage. Had his brothers been aware of 
his condition, they would have gone to San Francisco and cared for him on the 
way home ; but they supposed him to be much better than he had been during 
the winter. On March 31, 1883, he left San Francisco by the Southern Pacific 
Railroad, so feeble that he had to be helped into the cars. He had the best accom- 
modations that a Pullman car afforded, and by liberally feeing the porters he said 
that he was well cared for during the journey ; without their care he would never 
have reached home. He had not taken solid food for months on account of his 
throat being so inflamed. In the cars he lived upon milk, beef juice, and brandy 
and water. 

When he reached Kansas City, having to dress hurriedly, he did not take 
any brandy, and while changing cars his strength failed and he fainted. He was 
taken in charge by two porters, who kindly cared for him, and after he was able 
placed him aboard the right train, checking his baggage and doing all they could 
to make him comfortable. On Sunday morning, April 7, he reached Boston, 
where he was met by his brother, S. Dexter Andrews. He was greatly rejoiced 
to see his brother and seemed very happy, while his brother was so overcome to 
see him so feeble that it was with great difficulty that he could control his feel- 
ings, the shock was so great to see him changed. The next day, Monday, April 9, 
they reached home, — Norway, Me. After seven years' absence he was home at 
last, and he seemed fully satisfied ; his courage seemed good and he was very 
happy to meet his friends ; his face was ever in smiles, with a pleasant word for 
every one ; he spoke only in whispers. He failed gradually until Thursday morn- 
ing, April 12, 1883, at half past three, when he passed away, so quietly and gently 
that one could hardly tell when the last breath came. He apparently suffered 
little during his last days in mind or body. He said nothing discouraging about 
himself to any one, yet he knew the end was near, but avoided speaking of it lest 
his friends could not bear it. They were so fond of him that they could not hear 
any one say that he was in consumption. 



114 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

While in college he made a profession of religion, but was a Christian even 
before that. His Christian hope sustained him in his last days, and he " feared 
no evil." His life from boyhood seemed full of goodness, neighbors having re- 
marked it, and have said, " He is a good young man to come up thus without a 
father's care." But he had a godly mother, who, when left with nine children to 
care for, the youngest (Charlie) an infant, put her trust in God, and He sustained 
her. Once after his birth his mother spoke of the great care and responsibility 
she felt for him, but a friend said to her, "This babe may, like Joseph, lead all 
his brethren"; and his friends began to look upon him as a leader, and they were 
proud of him, because he was good and noble, and seemed to be rising in his 
profession. It seemed to them that he bid fair to make his mark in the world, 
and at his death their sorrow and disappointment were hardly endurable. At 
Mankato he joined the Young Men's Christian Association and was an active 
member. At San Francisco he was also a member of the Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association and a regular attendant at Mr. Barron's church (formerly Dr. 
Stone's). These things go to show that his inclinations tended in the right 
direction. 

He was a member of the Crooked River Lodge of Freemasons of Bolster's 
Mills, Me., and also a member of a militia while he was in San Francisco. Dur- 
ing his summer vacations of 1879 and 1881 he visited the Geysers and the 
Yosemite Valley and many other points of interest. 

His funeral services were held at the residence of his sister, where he died, 
Mrs. Mary A. Holden, at Norway, Me., April 14, 1883, and conducted by the 
Rev. Charles A. White of the Congregational Church of Mechanic Falls, Me. 
The singing by a select choir was very fine, the pieces rendered being, " Brother, 
thou art gone to rest, thine is an early tomb," and " He giveth his beloved sleep." 

His pallbearers were Mr. Roberts, Bowdoin College, '']'], Mr. Collins of 
Bates College, Mr. Holmes of the State College, and Mr. Smith, all of Norway, 
Me. 

TASCUS ATWOOD. 

Tascus Atwood was born in Auburn, Me., Feb. 8, 1854. He fitted for 
college at the Auburn High School, entered July 12, 1872, and graduated from 
the Scientific Department with a disquisition July 13, 1876. 

Freshman and Sophomore years he roomed at Mrs. Merriman's. He 
roomed with Sturgis, then with Newcomb, and later with Hawes at 29 A. H. 

He was a member of the Athenaean, the Bowdoin Cornet Band, and the 
Cleaveland Scientific Association. 

After graduation he taught school in Lubec, and for a short time in Ham- 
monton, N. J. During the summer of 1877 he read law with William C. Clark 



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of Lincoln, and in 1878 he went to Auburn and entered the office of J. W. 
Mitchell. On May 6, 1879, he was admitted to the Androscoggin bar, and 
immediately settled down to the practice of law in Auburn, Me. On May 7, 1879, 
he bought out half of Mr. Mitchell's practice, and became a member of the firm 
of Mitchell & Atwood. In March, 1883, the City Council of Auburn elected 
him city solicitor for the year beginning March 19, 1883. ^^ April, 1884, the 
firm of Mitchell & Atwood was dissolved, since which time Mr. Atwood has 
had no partner. In September, 1884, he was elected county attorney for 
Androscoggin County for two years beginning Jan. i, 1885. He was only 
elected by receiving six hundred or seven hundred votes from the Republican 
party, he being the Democratic candidate. 

He is a member of the Odd Fellows. 

He married, Aug. 13, 1878, Miss Helen E. Jameson of Lincoln, Me., and 
has three children, — one girl and two boys. 

ARLO BATES. 

Arlo Bates was born in East Machias, Me., Dec. 16, 1850. Fitted at 
Washington Academy, East Machias, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872, 
but did not commence recitations until the beginning of the third term of the 
Freshman year. Graduated July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 11^2 inches; 
weight, 154 pounds. 

He was a member of the Athenaean, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, 
Baseball Association, and Athletic Association. He was president of the class 
in his Junior year, and one of the editors of the Bowdoinensia. He was literary 
editor of the Orient and poet of the Athena?an in his Senior year. He was first 
tenor of the '76 Glee Club, and second tenor of the Star and Crescent Quartet. 
One of the judges at the third field day, Oct. 30, 1875. At the supper held at 
Brunswick, July 10, 1879, he presented the class cup to Edward Adams Kimball, 
born March 29, 1879. He took part in the Senior and Junior exhibition of 
Dec. 20, 1875; subject, "Mental Culture": and in the '68 exhibition of June 5, 
1876; subject, " Methods of Criticism." 

He spent the fall of 1876 at his home in East Machias, and in the spring of 
1877 he became principal of Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Me. In the fall of 
1877 he moved to Boston and engaged in literary work. In January, 1878, he 
was appointed secretary of the Young Men's Republican Committee of Massa- 
chusetts, and editor of the Broadside, a fortnightly paper issued by the com- 
mittee and devoted to civil-service reform. He took an active part in the 
exciting campaign in the fall of 1878. In December, 1879, he entered the office 
of the Oxford Mining and Nickel Company of Boston, remaining there till 



Ii6 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

August, 1880, when he became editor-in-chief of the Boston Courier, which 
position he still occupies. 

He is the author of " Patty's Perversities," written before entering college, 
and published in 1881. He is also the author of "The Pagans," published in 
1884; "The Wheel of Fire," 1885 ; " Berries of the Brier," 1886 ; "Sonnets in 
Shadow," 1887; " A Lad's Love," 1887; " The Philistines," 1888; "Albrechet," 
1890; "A Book of Nine Tales," 1891 ; "The Poet and His Self," 1891 ; "Told 
in the Gate," 1892; and " Prince Vance." 

He married, Sept. 5, 1882, Miss Harriet C. Vose of Brunswick, Me., who 
died March 13, 1886, at Brookline, Mass., leaving one child, Oric, born at 
Boston, Dec. 5, 1883. 

COLLINS GRANT BURN HAM. 

Collins Grant Burnham was born in Saco, Me., May 9, 1854. He fitted at 
Biddeford High School, entered college Aug. 29, 1872, and graduated July 
13, 1876. 

His favorite studies were Botany and Mineralogy, and he has pursued them 
to some extent since leaving college. 

He was a member of the Athenaean and Delta Kappa Epsilon, and basso in 
the '76 Glee Club. In his Junior year he was treasurer of the Athenaean, and in 
his Senior year he was chairman of the committee. He was a corporal in the 
Bowdoin Militia. In his Sophomore year he was secretary of the Bowdoin Pray- 
ing Circle, and president in his Senior year. 

He roomed Freshman year with A. E. Andrews, '76, at Mrs. Dunning's, on 
Harpswell Road ; Sophomore year, first term, at the same place with Nickerson. 
'']'] ; the remainder of the year in 28 A. H. ; Junior year in 29 A. H. with Nick- 
erson; and Senior year in 30 A. H. with Hill, '76. 

The autumn following graduation he entered the Bangor Theological Sem- 
inary, graduating at that institution in June, 1879. He was also, in 1888 and 
1889, a special student at Hartford Theological Seminary in the department of 
Church History. He was ordained Dec. 10, 1879, at Westfield, Vt., where he 
preached one year. In October, 1880, he became acting pastor of the Congre- 
gational Church at South Freeport, Me., where he remained for five years. In 
1885 he accepted a call to the Congregational Church at Wilton, N. H., where 
he remained for two and a half years. 

At present he is pastor of the First Congregational Church of Chicopee, 
Mass., where he was installed in September, 1888. 

He has written more or less for the American Home Missionary. 

He married, June 26, 1880, Miss S. Elizabeth Cole of Brunswick, Me., and 



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has two children, — Katherine EHza, born Aug. 17, 1886, and Alice E.,born June 
20, 1890. 

He is a member of the Connecticut Valley Congregational Club, and of 
several ministerial and missionary societies. 

He has attended seven or eight Commencements. He does not belong to 
any political party, but usually votes the Prohibition ticket. 

CHARLES HERBERT CLARK. 

Charles Herbert Clark was born in Bangor, Me., March 14, 1854. Fitted at 
the Bangor High School, and entered college Oct. 7, 1872. Graduated July 13, 
1876. 

His favorite studies were Mathematics and Greek, and he has pursued them 
to some extent since leaving college, but has given more attention to the sciences. 

He roomed at 29 Maine Hall and 14 Winthrop Hall with Pratt, ''](i. 

He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa. 

He was one of the Junior editors of the Bugle, and also of the Orient, and 
one of the Junior librarians. Senior librarian, and second lieutenant in the Bow- 
doin Cadets. In his Senior year he was chaplain of the class, and vice-president 
of the Bowdoin Praying Circle. He took part in the Senior and Junior exhibi- 
tion of Dec. 21, 1874; subject, "Reply to the Reflections of Mr. Walpole": and 
in the Senior and Junior exhibition of April 3, 1876; subject, "Genius." He 
also took part in the Junior prize declamation of July 5, 1875 ; subject, "Loss of 
the Arctic": and at the Commencement in 1876 he had an oration; subject, 
" Condition of Success." 

At the Ivy Day presentations he was awarded the spade as " class dig," or 
hardest student. He fully merited this distinction. His recreations were few 
and simple, consisting chiefly of a quiet walk along the lanes among the famous 
pines, or oftener still of the enjoyment of some volume of Irving, or Prescott, or 
other author of comparatively light literature. 

The two marked characteristics that combined to make him "class dig" were 
his fixed ambition to attain the highest possible excellence in all that pertained 
to scholarship and an exceptionally strong mental endowment. The first spurred 
him to long, patient, and exact study ; the second made his otherwise exhaustive 
toil light and pleasurable. His sound constitution and perfect health also con- 
tributed to sustain him in a devotion to study possible to but few other men. 

For all kinds of athletic sports or exercises he had no taste, perhaps because 
he was conscious of so little need of them to build up a physique already all that 
could reasonably be desired. The time thus saved was added to his hours of 
study. 



ii8 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Towards the very close of the college course, however, he began to feel the 
effect of this incessant application, and, like several others of the leading and 
most diligent students, had to suffer in the end from overtasked eyes. 

In the fall and winter of 1876 and 1877 he taught in South Abington for two 
terms, leaving on account of weak eyes. He has also taught in the Bath High 
School at Rockland, Edward Little High School, Auburn, Me., and at the Punch- 
ard Free School, Andover, Mass. He went to Europe in August of 1877, mak- 
ing his principal stops in Berlin (about six months) and Paris (about three and 
a half months). Was a student at Berlin University. After returning home he 
was Professor of Mathematics in Doylestown Seminary, Doylestown, Pa., for one 
year; and on Sept. i, 1879, he accepted an invitation to become Professor of 
Mathematics in Amsterdam Academy, N. Y. At present he is principal of San- 
born Seminary, Kingston, N. H. 

He has published a book entitled "Water Analysis for Sanitary Purposes ; 
Chemical and Biological." "Water Analysis " represents some of the processes of 
Quantitative Analysis in a very practical and interesting form. In this book these 
processes have been simplified without detracting from scientific accuracy, and 
several years' use in the author's classes has shown that the work is well within 
the grasp of pupils of average ability. 

He married, Dec. 31, 1878, Miss Anna L. Perry of Brunswick, who died 
July, 1880, leaving one daughter. 

Married, Aug. 2, 1882, Miss Katherine W. Tallman of Bath, Me., who died 
July, 1884. 

Married, June 29, 1886, Miss Nellie R. Little, valedictorian of the Class of 
'83 at Bates College. One son born Jan. 19, 1888. 

He is a member of Gideon Lodge of Freemasons, Kingston, N. H., and of 
the American Postal Microscopical Club. 

He has attended four or five Commencements, and belongs to the Republi- 
can party, and is a member of the Congregational Church. 



OSMAN CHARLES EVANS. 

Osman Charles Evans was born in Milan, N. H., March 21, 185 1. He 
fitted at the Nichols Latin School, Lewiston, Me., entered college June 20, 1872, 
and graduated July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 10 inches; weight, 160 pounds. 

He roomed the first year with O. C. Gordon on Cleaveland Street ; the 
second year with Gordon in the north end of A. H., No. 17; the third year 
with T. Atwood in the south end of M. H. ; the fourth year at the Franklin 
Family School, Topsham, Me. 



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In his Junior year he was second editor of the Peucinian, and in his Senior 
year stroke of the Senior boat crew. 

The two years following graduation he was principal of the High School at 
Pembroke. In the fall of 1879 he received an appointment in connection with 
the schools at Atlantic City, N. J., where he remained two years. At the end 
of that time he accepted a position as teacher of ancient and modern languages 
in Hillside Seminary, Norwalk, Conn., where he remained two years. He then 
moved to Portland, Me., and began a business life, his business being heating, 
ventilation, and plumbing, and dealing in steam, gas, and water pipes. He has 
been superintendent of schools at Cape Elizabeth, Me., where he resides, from 
1889 to the present time. 

He married, June 30, 1880, Miss Philena W. Clark of Pembroke, Me., and 
has two children, — Leslie Clark, born May 13, 1883 ; and Florence Hutchinson 
Clark, born Sept. 25, 1885. 

ORIVILLE CLARK GORDON. 

Oriville Clark Gordon was born in Chesterville, Me., March, 1845. Fitted 
at Nichols Latin School, Lewiston, Me., and entered college June 20, 1872, 
Graduated July 13, 1876. Height, 6 feet; weight, 180 pounds. 

He was a member of the Athenaean. He was historian of the class during 
the Freshman and Sophomore years, secretary of the Athenaean in his Junior 
year, and president in his Senior year. Was assistant superintendent of the 
gymnasium in his Senior year. 

He pulled No. 3 on the Sophomore crew, and the same position on the 
Junior crew. 

The winter after graduation he attended lectures at the Medical School of 
Maine in Brunswick, and was subsequently engaged in taking care of his father's 
farm and settling up his estate. 

He married, Dec. 18, 1879, Miss Louise Farnham of Waterville. He died 
at Chesterville, Jan. 13, 1880, of typhoid pneumonia, after a sickness of a few 
days only. 

EULOGY ON GORDON. 



nv O. C. EVANS. 



Oriville Clark Gordon, the subject of this sketch, was my college chum. 
Our relationship in that capacity was close and confidential. Gordon was 
reticent, and it took years to gain an acquaintance with him such as would give 
one much of an idea of the man. A common sympathy bound us together, as 
our early advantages were rather meagre. I first met him as a student at Nichols 



I20 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Latin School in 1869, where we entered upon the task of preparing for college. 
At that time he was twenty-four years of age. For several years previous he 
had been engaged in mechanical pursuits. By his economy and industry he had 
saved, at that time, the greater part of the money used in his after school work. 

Coming, as he did, to the work of preparing for college after having laid 
aside years before his books, the task of preparation was herculean. 

The difficulty will be evident to any one who stops to think that his habits 
were fixed and his line of thought had been for some time in entirely different 
channels. 

His preparation was thoroughly done, and he came to our class fairly well 
equipped to cope with its members. 

He was born in Chesterville, Me., March, 1845, ^^^ therefore you will see 
that he was past twenty-seven years of age when he entered college. 

His father was a respectable and successful farmer. His mother was a 
member of the famous Morrill family of Maine. She Avas possessed of rare 
mental and physical gifts, which distinguished her in the circles in which she 
moved. It was due to the influence exerted on the mother's side that he was 
induced to enter upon a career that would fit him for a professional life. 

To make up for the deficiency in his early training it was necessary to apply 
himself in a most industrious manner. 

It is not overstating the case to say that, in the seven years I was with him 
as a student, he averaged more than twelve hours a day at his books. As a 
result, his acquirements were far above the showing in daily recitations. He had 
the unhappy faculty of appearing at his worst in these. In spite of it all he 
ranked, during his course, above the average of our class. The members of our 
class will recall his marked eccentricities. These, in a large degree, were due 
to a physical deformity. His long hair covered a peculiar formation on the 
back of his neck. Near the close of our Senior year this was successfully re- 
moved, leaving him free to have his hair cut. His eccentricities were gone. 
The whole man seemed changed. 

I have thus far written in general terms to introduce you to a member of 
our class who was a stranger to most of you and almost wholly misunderstood. 

Could you have known him and his motives, many censures would have 
been turned to praise. 

Bearing in mind that he was twenty-seven when you first knew him, you 
will readily understand that he was past the age when he could enter into the 
spirit which characterizes the boy of eighteen. 

Having briefly touched on his weak points, which were comparatively few, 
let us review a few of his many distinguishing characteristics. He had, in a 
large degree, the faculty of attending to his own affairs. I recall no instance of 



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his meddling with the concerns of others. He was prudent in all things, and 
entirely temperate. 

As a result, I venture no member of our class acquired more in the years 
from 1869 to 1876. He earned his diploma by a careful conservation of his 
energies. He kept his own counsel. His intentions were sealed. 

Although he was my chum, I believed throughout the course that his lean- 
ings were toward law. His plans were carefully matured, and when undertaken 
there was no halt until the task was done. The element of fear never seemed 
to enter his mind. While Freshman I felt safe with him. I knew no Sopho- 
more need apply. His prudence led him to take precautions, and I am sure '75 
would have graduated one less man if they had entered our room as they did 
several. He was possessed ot the strength of two ordinary men, and the energy 
and will of many. With all his strength he never sought trouble, but when it 
came he was equal to the emergency. Loyal to principle, a despiser of shams, 
his word was held as sacred when given. 

The military episode was governed by the purest motives, — obedience to 
the commands of superiors as enjoined by his matriculation papers. 

Combining in one temperance, sobriety, industry, prudence, energy, stead- 
fastness of purpose, physical strength, a kind heart, abhorrence of shams, loyalty 
to principle, and natural ability, all promised much. 

After graduating he entered upon his medical course, which he pursued to 
his own satisfaction, and received his M. D. with honor in 1879. 

After this, by the death of his father and an aunt, he came into the posses- 
sion of a competency; and at the time of his death, which occurred Jan. 13, 1880, 
he had been married just one month. After the long struggle was over, and 
with everything apparently to make life desirable, only an inscrutable Providence 
can disclose the mystery of his death. In my mind Oriville Clark Gordon was 
the peer of any member of our class. With brotherly love we lay him to rest 
with the other loved ones. May we rest in the assurance that he is receiving 
the reward of a faithful one ! 

By these deaths we are reminded that one by one we must follow. May 
our work be as well done as was his! 

Next to my own loved family, a death of any member of the Class of '76 
carries with it its weight of sorrow. That we may all meet in eternity is my 
earnest hope and belief. This condition would be heaven indeed. 

HOW^VRl) ELIJAH HAI.L. 

Howard Elijah Hall was born in Newcasde, Me., Nov. 13, 1853. Fitted at 
Lincoln Academy, and entered college July 12, 1872. Graduated July 13, 1876. 
Height, 5 feet 11 inches; weight, 161 pounds. 



122 ■ BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

He was a member of the Peucinian Library Society and the Athletic Asso- 
ciation ; also a member of the Bovvdoin College Cornet Band, Bowdoin Brass 
Quartet, College Glee Club, first cornet in the College Orchestra, and baritone 
in '76 Glee Club. 

After graduation he began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar of 
Lincoln County in the spring of 1890. Since his admission he has been engaged 
in the practice of his profession in Damariscotta. In August, 1882, he was 
elected register of probate for Lincoln County. 

CHARLES TAYLOR HAWES. 

Charles Taylor Hawes was born in Bridgton, Me., Aug. 16, 1854. Fitted 
at Litchfield Academy, Litchfield, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872. Grad- 
uated July 13, 1876. Weight, 140 pounds. 

He was a member of the Peucinian, Baseball Association, Cleaveland Sci- 
entific Association, Rho Upsilon, and Psi Upsilon. 

He was treasurer of the Peucinian in his Junior year, and one of the editors 
of the Orient in his Senior year. Took part in the Senior and Junior exhibition 
of April 3, 1876 : subject, "An Aristocracy; A Republic." He stood high in the 
class in scholarship and had a literary disquisition at graduation. 

After graduating he was principal of the high schools of Pembroke and 
Hiram, and also of Greely Institute, Cumberland Centre. He was then for a 
time a student in the law office of N. (1858) and H. B. Cleaves, Portland. In 
September, 1879, he entered the Bangor Theological Seminary, at which institu- 
tion he was graduated June 6, 1882. In 1884 he went to Searsport to supply 
the pulpit at the Congregational Church. Left Searsport June, 1885, and went 
to Clifton Springs, N. Y., for his health, remaining there until the following win- 
ter, when he went to Florida. Early in 1890 he became connected with land 
companies, and has since been interested in real-estate business. 

He married, Dec. 23, 1883, Miss Martha Boardman of Bangor, Me., and 
has one child, — Charles Boardman Hawes, born Jan. 24, 1889. 

JERE MERRILL HILL. 

Jere Merrill Hill was born in Buxton, Me., Oct. 23, 185 1. Fitted at Gor- 
ham Seminary, Gorham, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872. Graduated 
July 13, J876. 

He was a member of the Peucinian and Delta Kappa Epsilon. In his Junior 
year he w^as second on the standing committee of the Bowdoin Praying Circle, 
and chaplain for Ivy Day. In his Senior year he was first on the executive com- 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 123 

mittee of the reading-room, and first in the standing committee of the Bowdoin 
Praying Circle. Was chorister at the triennial supper of July 10, 1879, and first 
vice-president of the class for the three years ending 1882. 

He was a member of the Bowdoin College Cornet Band, second tenor in 
the King Chapel Choir, and second tenor in the '76 Glee Club. Took part in 
the Junior prize declamation of July 5, 1875 ! subject, "The Battle": and in the 
Senior and Junior exhibition of April 3, 1876 ; subject, " Reserved Power." 

The two years following graduation he was principal of the high school at 
Limerick, Me., and from there he went to Dexter, Me. 

In September, 1883, he went to Bangor, and in October, 1889, he went to 
Hyde Park as principal of the high school, where he is at the present time. 

He married, Dec. 2, 1879, Miss Mary C. Cressey of Bath, Me., and has three 
children, — Galen Wentworth Hill, born Sept. 18, 1882, at Dexter, Me.; Arthur 
Gage Hill, born Sept. 14, 1884, at Bangor; and Merrill Christy Hill, born Oct. 2, 
1888, at Bangor. 

CHARLES DAVIS JAMESON. 

Charles Davis Jameson was born in Bangor, Me., July 2, 1855, and was the 
son of Gen. CD. Jameson, who was killed in the early part of the Civil War. 
He fitted at the Bangor High School, and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. He 
graduated from the Scientific Department July 13, 1876, having studied to be a 
civil engineer. At that time he was 5 feet 1 1 ,'2 inches in height, and weighed 
145 pounds. 

His favorite studies while in college were Physics, Mathematics, and engi- 
neering work, and he has kept them up since then in connection with his profes- 
sion. During the latter part of his course he turned his attention from the 
classics, Philosophy, etc., to engineering subjects, to which he devoted himself 
almost exclusively. 

He roomed, while in college, at Miss Mary Thompson's, opposite the 
Medical School, the first term of the Freshman year; the balance of the year in 
the south end of Winthrop Hall; room 14, with F. R. Kimball, '76 ; a part of 
Sophomore year alone in Winthrop Hall ; and later in the Alpha Delta Phi rooms 
under the hall of that society, at the corner of Cleaveland Street, with W. E. 
Rice, '75, in Junior year, and with S. D. Fessenden, '78, in Senior year. 

He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Society, the Baseball Club, and 
the Athletic Association, and was coxswain of the six-oared barge. He was on 
the class committee of arrangements in his Sophomore year. 

He was comparatively young when he entered, tall and agile, with a fair, 
light complexion, and of a bright, pleasant disposition. 



I 24 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

He was familiarly known as "Jamie," and had many friends in different 
parts of the State, especially in Bath, where he often went to spend Sundays or 
attend evening parties, occasionally walking back to Brunswick, nine miles, after 
a dance. In the early part of the course he indulged much in sports. He was 
not a ball player, but was fond of dances, driving, and other college amusements ; 
and he also received considerable attention from the Sophomores. He was one 
of the three Freshmen who were hazed for carrying canes on the campus the 
first term of Freshman year. 

One day, soon after he moved into Winthrop Hall, a Sophomore called and 
politely informed him that Prof. had noticed he had no blinds on his win- 
dows, and had sent to let him know that he could have the blinds on a second 
floor room below if he wished. Of course he gladly availed himself of the kind 
offer, and with the advice of the Sophomore attached a poker to a cord and drew 
them up. He had just safely landed them all when Mr. Booker, the janitor, {)ut 
in an appearance with a note informing him that if he would at once replace 

the blinds he had taken from Prof. 's windows nothing more would be said 

about it. So Jameson, with the aid of a ladder, replaced them amid the laughter 
of the Sophomores. Through the kindness of the Sophomores he also attended 
several receptions at the president's, where he was not expected, at least by the 
president's family. 

As a Sophomore himself he took a very active part in attending to the 
discipline of the Freshman class, and during the first part of the course he did 
not study very much, but later settled down to hard work in the engineering 
course, and thoroughly fitted himself for the responsible positions which he has 
since held. 

During the summer vacation at the end of the Junior year he was employed 
with H. R. Sewall, '76, by the Maine Central Railroad to level and make a 
profile of the road from Brunswick to Lewislon. The proficiency of Prof. Vose's 
class was so well known that the members could have obtained outside work 
at any time. At the public exhibition of mechanical drawings in the draught- 
ing room during Commencement week he had several fine examples of engi • 
neering and architectural work. 

He took part in the Sophomore prize declamation at Lemont Hall, June 29, 
1874, delivering " Coeur de Lion at the Bier of his Father." In the gymnasium 
he was, in his Sophomore year, leader of the first division of the Freshman 
class, and in his Junior year sub-leader and instructor of the second division of 
the Sophomore class. 

After graduation he at once opened an office in Bangor, Me., in partner- 
ship with his younger brother. When the great fire of June, 1877, occurred in 
St. John, N. B., he moved there, and for two and a half months had charge of 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 125 

the rebuilding of one half of the burnt district. For the rest of the year he was 
working at small jobs in New Brunswick and Canada, when he was taken sick 
and ordered South for his health. 

He soon recovered, and in June, 1878, was made resident engineer of 
the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, with headquarters at Memphis. While 
occupying this position he had charge of all construction, bridges, roadbeds, 
etc., including building a new branch, fifty miles long. While at Memphis he 
was taken sick with yellow fever, but soon recovered. 

From 1879 to 1884 he was division engineer, resident engineer, and super- 
intendent of construction of the Pacific branch of the Mexican Central Railroad, 
with headquarters at the City of Mexico. He was also interested in the develop- 
ment of a horse railroad in that city, and in work connected with sugar refineries. 
While here he learned the Spanish language, and became acquainted with many 
prominent Mexicans. His younger brother joined him, married, and settled in 
business here. 

In 1884-85 he was general superintendent of the American Contracting 
and Dredging Company, operating on the Panama Canal. Exposure here and 
in Colon during the revolution there brought on the " Chagres fever," of 
which he suffered severely for more than a year. His adventures in the neigh- 
borhood of Colon were very exciting, and he took many risks in penetrating the 
horrible swamps to rescue friends, and exhibited great coolness and pluck in the 
midst of danger, turmoil, and confusion. He returned to Bangor, remaining 
there till his strength permitted him to begin work again, when he became 
connected with the Institute of Technology in Boston. In 1886, while instructor 
in this institution, he married, June 24, in New York City, Miss Florence Miller, 
and has one child, — a boy, about five years old. He was also for a while 
engaged in work on the European & North American Railroad. 

In November, 1887, he was chosen Professor of Engineering at the State 
University of Iowa, and still holds the position. These last two places have 
given him a needed change and rest from the trying and unhealthy conditions 
of his Southern work. Besides his duties as professor at the State University, 
he does most of the State engineering work, and has all he can attend to as 
architect and contractor. 

While a resident of Boston, during the time he was an instructor at the 
Institute of Technology, he was elected a member of the Society of Arts, having 
just before read a thoughtful paper before them upon a subject connected with 
railroading. 

He is the author of " Evolution of American Principles of Railroad Loca- 
tion"; "Use of Wood on Railways and Railway Bridges"; also several articles 
in the Popidar Science AIo7ithly and Railroad and Engineering Journal, His 



126 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

varied experiences and opportunities for observation and investigation have 
given him a wide range of practical knowledge, and he is devoted to his 
profession. 

He is a member of the Episcopal Church and of the Republican party. 



EDWARD HAZEN KIMBALL. 

Edward Hazen Kimball was born in Bath, Me., Aug. 24, 1854. Fitted at 
Phillips Academy, Andover, and entered college, July 12, 1872, Graduated 
July 13, 1876. 

During the Freshman year he roomed at Appleton Hall, the first and sec- 
ond terms with J. E. Sewall, the remainder of the course with John H. Payne ; 
in Winthrop Hall during the Sophomore year; and over Townsend's store dur- 
ing the Junior and Senior years. His room on the first floor of Appleton Hall, 
when he roomed with Sewall, who was president of the class, was a rallying-place 
for the Freshmen, and the objective point of some of the first attacks by the Sopho- 
mores. On one occasion his door and windows were all smashed in, and after 
Mr. Booker had calmly surveyed the scene of conflict things were put in order, 
and the average of repairs account was enlarged. 

He was a member of the Peucinian, Alpha Delta Phi, Master Humphrey's 
Clock, and Lambda Mu. He was poet of the class during the Freshman and 
Sophomore years, and one of the curatores for the burial of Analytics in his Soph- 
omore year. He was a member of the Baseball Association and the Boat Club, 
and played third base on the Freshman nine and shortstop on the Senior nine. 
He took part in the Senior and Junior exhibition of Dec. 20, 1875 ; subject, 
" Oliver Cromwell " : and was one of the editors of the Orient. 

He was one of the judges for the fourth field day, June 3, 1876. Was first 
vice-president of the class for the three years ending 1879, and president of the 
class for the three years ending 1892. At the triennial supper, held at Tontine 
Hotel, Brunswick, Me., July 10, 1879, he was toastmaster. 

He possessed a genial, easy-going, deliberate disposition, and was very 
sociable in his tastes. He had no specialties in studies, though he did best in 
Latin and Greek, and took the entrance prize of sixty dollars for the best exam- 
ination in those studies. He graduated well up in the class, having a literary 
disquisition assigned to him. 

After graduation he commenced the study of law in the office of Tallman 
and C. W. Larrabee (Bowdoin. 44), Bath, Me., where he remained until April, 
1877, when he went abroad with Payne. He travelled over England, France, 
Italy, Switzerland, part of Germany, Belgium, and Holland. He studied in Paris 
during the fall of 1877, and returned home in January, 1878, when he resumed 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 127 

the study of law in the same office. He was admitted to the Sagadahoc bar in 
the spring of 1878. Came to Boston in October, 1878, and entered the office of 
Jewell, Field & Sheppard, and also attended the Law School of the Boston Uni- 
versity, graduating June 4, 1879. Opened an office in Boston in August, 1879, 
and, not having the success he had hoped for, he returned to Bath, Me., the latter 
part of December, and entered into partnership with Millay, '76. Millay with- 
drew from the firm during the spring of 1880, and Kimball carried on the office 
alone. Went West in the spring of 1882 for a short visit, but returned to Maine 
in June, and moved to Lewiston in November, where he entered the coal busi- 
ness. In the fall of 1889 he sold out his coal business, and for a year was in 
the employ of Darling & Co., coal dealers in Boston ; returned to Bath in 
November, 1890, and entered the employ of the Bath Savings Institution as act- 
ing treasurer. During the fall of 1891 he entered into partnership, at Bath, with 
his brother, Fred Kimball, and is now well established in a lucrative and increas- 
ing business in grain and wholesale flour and groceries, under the firm name of 
Kimball Brothers. 

He married, June 13, 1883, Miss Anna Dike of Bath, Me., and has three 
children, — Anna Kimball, born at Lewiston, Me., April 16, 1884 ; Philip Kimball, 
born in Lewiston, Feb. 20, 1886; and Miriam Worcester Kimball, born at Bath, 
Me., July 8, 1890. 

He has attended every Commencement except four or five, is a Mason, and 
belongs to the Republican party. 

FRANK REED KIMBALL. 

Frank Reed Kimball was born at Salem, Mass., July 10, 1853. He fitted 
for college at the Franklin School, Topsham, Me., and entered July 12, 1872. 
He graduated on July 13, 1876. 

Zoology, Physiology, Hygiene, and Political Economy were his favorite 
studies, with Physics and Geometry "good seconds." 

He roomed, the first term of Freshman year, at Miss Mary Thompson's, and 
the next two terms on the fourth floor of Winthrop Hall, south end, with Jame- 
son. In Sophomore year he roomed alone on the fourth floor of the same hall. 
No. 31, north end ; and in Junior and Senior years on the second floor of Maine 
Hall, No. 5, south end. 

He was an active member of Psi Upsilon, Rho Upsilon, Lambda Mu, Master 
Humphrey's Clock, the Peucinian Society, being on its committee Junior year, 
the Telegraph Association, being a director one year, and the Bowdoin Praying 
Circle, and was president of the Cleaveland Association in his Junior year and 
chairman of its committee in his Senior year. He was also a member of the 



128 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Boat Club, Baseball and Athletic Associations. He was corporal Freshman 
year, and sergeant in Company B, Sophomore year, and also a member of Special 
Company E. 

He was toastmaster at the Freshman supper. In his Sophomore year he was 
first division leader of the Freshmen, and in his Senior year he was second division 
leader and instructor of the Junior class in the gymnasium. 

Kimball, or " Kim," as he was generally called, began his college career 
by calling forth the wrath of the Sophomore class by parading with his room- 
mate and with Brookhouse on the campus with canes, and in consequence was 
the victim of more or less hazing in Freshman year, especially of the cold-water 
variety. He belonged to the social set in the class, was fond of dancing, and at- 
tended most of the parties. He belonged to a dramatic club in town, and took 
part in several plays in Lemont Hall. In partnership with Rowe during Senior 
year he conducted a course of entertainments in town, including a lecture by Prof. 
Tenny of Williams College and a concert by the Camilla Urso Company. 

He cared very little for study, and devoted little time to Latin, the classics. 
Chemistry, Geology, or Literature ; but in studies which he esteemed of practical 
value to himself he did good work, and took high rank in Zoology, Physiology, 
and Political Economy. This raised his average so that he graduated with a lit- 
erary disquisition, standing just behind the immortals. He took considerable 
pride in his room and was very methodical in routine work, even to minor details. 
A schedule on his wall gave the hours for rising, breakfast, and pra)ers, hours 
and places of morning recitations, the time to take out ashes, bring up water, and 
study, the days to clean arms and equipments, and to attend to laundry, 
lamps, etc. 

He was fond of pets, and during one or two terms had a window enclosed 
with netting, in which he kept plants, birds, and reptiles, and rarely returned from 
the woods without some addition ; the collection at times furnished specimens for 
class work. 

He was devoid of egotism, was generous and conscientious, had set 
opinions of his own, and learned more from observation and reasoning than 
from book work. He gave much time to amusements, as a necessary relaxation 
from routine work. When he had anything to do he liked to do it and have 
others attend to their affairs, but he was always good natured, and after the day's 
work he enjoyed his pipe and friends, discussing the affairs of the da)' and 
planning for the future. 

Physically he would have been considered of slight build, though at gradua- 
tion he measured 5 feet 10, ^' inches, and weighed 154 pounds. He was well 
proportioned, and had a good constitution ; he was not muscular, but possessed 
more than ordinary vitality and endurance. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 129 

He did not play baseball nor pull on any crew, but kept a boat on the river 
at times. He did not enter the athletic contests, but was leader of a division 
in the gymnasium and took part in several public exhibitions. He was a pedes- 
trian and made a trip through Northern Maine on snow shoes. He was very fond 
of camping in the woods, and took "National Forestry" as the subject of one of 
his spoken themes in the Chapel. 

After graduation he sailed home in his yacht with several students, stop- 
ping at Portland and the Isle of Shoals, visited the centennial, and took a short 
trip to Texas, after which he returned and settled in Boston, attending Comer's 
Commercial College. He became a member of the Somerset Club of Boston, 
and an athletic club in Boston, was elected a delegate to the Democratic Conven- 
tion, and elected vice-president of the Boston Scientific Society, and a member 
of the Brooklyn, N. Y., Yacht Club. He was much interested in Rob-Roy boats, 
and had one built in New York from his own designs. He also had several 
inventions pertaining to boats. 

He was engaged in business in Boston and New York in the manufacture 
of lamp trimmings, lamps, brass and iron castings, etc., till about 1880 or 1881, 
when he took in other men and changed the business into a corporation, giving 
up the active control of it. They mismanaged it, and the following year the 
company became insolvent. After this he engaged in the brokerage business 
and was connected with general enterprises. He was treasurer of the Eastern 
Association, and was appointed on the committee of three to collect and publish 
the twenty years' proceedings of the Boston Alumni Association. 

He has written some, but his literary labor was confined to a period of 
about a year, and limited to four small works. In 1882 he published a compila- 
tion entitled "Signs of the Times," being a series of extracts from a few 
authors setting forth the different dispensations of the world's history, and 
maintaining that the present age would end between 1882 and 1923, and that 
the closing years would be accompanied by physical and other disturbances, 
such as atmospheric and seismic commotions, epidemics, social and political 
changes, and a European war. 

This was followed by a miniature handbook of Marblehead Neck. 

His only original works he wrote after this, — "Winter Camping," or hints 
to those intending to camp in the winter season; and "The Medium of Ex- 
change," a treatise on the fundamental principles of money and trade. 

He has not written for newspapers or magazines. 

He married, April 24, 1878, Miss Eleanor Brodhead of Boston, and has one 
son, — Edward Adams Kimball, the class baby, born March 29, 1879. July 11, 
1879, at the triennial class supper the class cup was presented, the address 
being delivered by Arlo Bates; and, Kimball not being present, it was received 
and forwarded by the secretary. 



I30 BOWDOIN COLELGE. 

He has not attended any meeting at Commencement since graduation. He 
is a member of the Episcopal Church and a Democrat. 
Since 1883 we have no records. 

JOHN SAMUEL LEAVITT, JR. 

John Samuel Leavitt, Jr., was born in Tuftonborough, N. H., June 5, 1852. 
Fitted for college at Gorham Seminary, Gorham, Me., and entered July 12, 1872. 
Graduated July 13, 1876. Intended occupation, undecided. Height, 5 feet 
9 inches; weight, 153 pounds. 

He was a member of the Athenaean, Kappa Kappa, and the Theta Delta Chi- 

His favorite studies were Astronomy, Chemistry, and German. 

He roomed in Maine Hall, room 16, Freshman year, with Nevins, '75 ; 
room 14, Sophomore year, with Libby, '76; room 28, Junior year, with Higgins, 
'78 ; and room 26, Senior year, with Pennell, '79. 

In his Junior year he was second editor of the Athcncean, and first editor in 
his Senior year. He took fourth prize in the one-hundred-yard dash at the 
first field day, Nov. 14, 1874; second prize, one-hundred-yard dash, third field 
day, Oct. 30, 1875; and first prize, one-hundred-yard dash, fourth field day. 
June 3, 1876. 

He taught school at North Boothbay in the winter of Sophomore )-ear, and 
at East Boothbay during the winter of Senior year. 

He was somewhat of an athlete and entered many of the contests, carrying 
off a number of prizes. He was a quiet fellow, but received more or less disci- 
pline from the Sophomore class. On one occasion they entered his room and 
accused him of being a member of a party which, a few nights before, had stolen 
some turkeys in the neighborhood of the college. 

Upon denial of the charge they pointed to the looking-glass, behind which 
was a large turkey feather which poor Leavitt had never seen before. They 
formed a court and tried him. As a matter of course he was convicted, but they 
dealt leniently with him, and only sentenced him to scan Livy, which he did under 
their direction in a manner which, perhaps, would not have been entirely satis- 
factory to Prof. Chapman, but which evidently suited them; and they departed 
as quietly as they came. 

After graduation he engaged in the boot and shoe business in Gorham, Me., 
where he remained till 1880, when he went into the coal business. In 1887 he 
entered the flour and grain business as a member of the firm of J. S. Leavitt & 
Son, in which business he is at present engaged. 

He married, June 2, 1880, Miss Elizabeth Beecher Moore of Gorham, Me. 

He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, is a member of the Congregational 
Church, and is a Democrat. 



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JOHN GAIR LIBBY. 



John Gair Libby was bom in Wells, Me., Dec. 7, 1854. Fitted at Maine 
Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, Readfield, Me., and entered college, Aug. 29, 
1872. Graduated July 13, 1876. Weight, 150 pounds. 

He was a meinber of the Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Delta Chi. He was one 
of the Junior librarians and one of the Junior editors of the Bugle. He was one 
of the editors of the Orient, and was on the committee of arrangements in his 
Senior year. He played right field on the Sophomore nine, left field on the Jun- 
ior nine, and left field on the Senior nine. He took second prize in the one-half- 
mile run on the third field day, Oct. 30, 1875. He took part in the Junior 
prize declamation of July 5, 1875; subject, "Against Employing Indians in the 
War" : in the Senior and Junior exhibition of Dec. 20, 1875 ; subject, "Salutatory 
Oration in Latin": in the '68 exhibition of June 5, 1876; subject, "American 
Legislation." 

He was one of the leaders in scholarship and stood near the head of the 
class. 

During the four years following graduation he taught in Gould's Academy, 
Bethel, in the high school at Princeton, in the academy at South Berwick, and in 
the high school at Richmond, occupying the latter position two years. In the 
fall of 1880 he entered the Dartmouth Medical School, but remained only a short 
time, leaving on account of an injury to his head, which he received while 
bowling. He then moved to Auburndale, Mass., where he is in business at 
the present time. 

WALTER HASTINGS MARRETT. 

Walter Hastings Marrett was born in Standish, Me., Oct. 28, 1851. Fitted 
at Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, Readfield, Me., and entered college 
July 12, 1873, Graduated July 13, 1876. Intended occupation, medicine. 
Height, 5 feet 9 inches; weight, 168 pounds. 

His favorite studies were Botany, Mineralogy, Physiology, Zoology, and 
Geology. 

He roomed at Mrs. Green's on Main Street the first part of the Sophomore 
year, and during the latter part in Maine and Winthrop Halls ; in Senior year 
at Mrs. Blaker's on Potter Street. 

He took part in the Senior and Junior exhibition of April 3, 1876; subject, 
"Alymachus." He took first prize in the two-mile walk at the first field day, 
Nov. 14, 1874; first prize in the one -half-mile walk at the third field day, Oct. 30, 
1875 ; first prize in the two-mile walk at the fourth field day, June 3, 1876. 



132 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

He taught school in Gorham, Me., during the winters of 1869-70 and 1870- 
71 ; in Cape Elizabeth, Me., during the winter of 1871-72 ; during the fall and 
winter of 1872 and spring of 1873 at Ferry Village, Cape Elizabeth High School; 
in the fall of 1874 at the high school at White Rock, Gorham, Me ; in the spring 
and fall of 1875 and spring of 1876 at the high school at Deer Isle. 

He was a fellow who paid a good deal of attention to his work all through 
college, and kept to himself a good deal. He spent much time in collecting 
specimens in botany and geology, and after graduation had a room in Brunswick 
full of boxes of minerals, botanical specimens, etc. He made several pedestrian 
records, among them being a walk from Mount Washington to Portland. 

He was a member of the Scientific Department, but passed an examination 
in the classics and took the degree of A. B. 

Immediately after graduation he taught for two terms at the Yarmouth 
High School. In 1877 he purchased the college bookstore in Brunswick, which 
he carried on, at the same time attending lectures in the Medical School of 
Maine during 187.8 and 1879. He then closed out his business in Brunswick and 
finished his medical studies in the Dartmouth Medical School. He then travelled 
for several years for a medical publishing house, but his real object was to see 
North America as thoroughly as possible, to collect mineral and geological 
specimens, and see as much as possible of the finest horses. Finally, tired of 
travelling, he accepted a position as associate editor of the Wallace MontJily, a 
leading journal pertaining to light harness horses (trotting and road). When 
the office of that paper was moved to Chicago, he, not wishing to go West, 
changed to the same position in the New York office of the American Horse 
Breeder, a weekly in the same field. He has recently removed to the Boston 
office of this paper. 

He has made a very large and choice collection of mineral and geological 
and some zoological specimens covering a considerable portion of the United 
States and Canada. 

He was for one term supervisor of the schools of Brunswick, Me. 

He has attended about six Commencements, is a member of the Congrega- 
tional Church, and belongs to the Republican party. 



GEORGE BARTOL MERRILL, n 

George Bartol Merrill was born in Cumberland, Me., Nov. 15, 1854. He 
fitted at Hebron Academy, Hebron, Me., and entered college, Aug. 29, 1872. 
Graduated from the Scientific Department, July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 7 
inches; weight, 135 pounds. 



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His favorite studies were works pertaining to engineering, and he has kept 
the study up since graduation. 

He roomed at Mrs. Hooper's with Wright, '76, and at Mrs. Hale's ckiring 
Freshman year, at 14 Appleton Hall during the Sophomore year, and at 14 
Maine Hall during the Junior and Senior years. 

He was a member of Rho Upsilon, the Athletic Association, and the Cleave- 
land Scientific Association. 

After graduation he was employed as mechanical engineer at the pulp mill 
in Yarmouth, and at the paper mill in Cumberland Mills until the winter of 1878- 
79, when he accepted a similar position with the Forest Fibre Company of Berlin 
Falls, N. H. In the spring of 1881 he moved to Waterbury, Conn., and entered 
the office of Welton & Bennett, city engineers. Went to Pennsylvania the latter 
part of the summer of 1881, and was at work up the Monongahela Valley, but 
was obliged to return, on account of sickness, to Waterbury, Conn., in November 
of the same year. In June, 1882, he became draughtsman in the employ of the 
Genesee Valley Canal Railroad at Mount Morris, N. Y. 

After finishing his work on the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad he went into 
the employ of the Genesee Valley Terminal Railroad at Rochester, N. Y., where 
he remained until September, 1883, when he returned to his home in Yar- 
mouth, Me. 

Spent the winter of 1883-84 at his home, and in May, 1884, went to Youngs- 
town, O., with the Morse Bridge Company, where he remained two years. In 
June, 1886, he went to Council Bluffs with a bridge company, where he remained 
only a short time on account of the company failing. In March, 1887, he went 
to Toledo, O., with the Smith Bridge Company, and in August, 1888, connected 
himself with the Variety Iron Works of Cleveland, O., where he is at the present 
time. 

He married, June 27, 1881, Mrs. Vina L. Loring of Freeport, Me., and has 
no children. 

He has attended only two Commencements, and belongs to the Republican 
party. 

JOHN ADAMS MORRILL. 

John Adams Morrill was born in Auburn, Me., June 3, 1855. Fitted for col- 
lege at Edward Little High School, Auburn, and entered July 12, 1872. He 
graduated July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 6 inches; weight, 155 pounds. 

During Freshman year he roomed at 3 Appleton Hall, Sophomore year at 
13 Appleton Hall, and during Junior and Senior years at 9 Appleton Hall with 
A. E. Burton of '78. 

He was a member of the Peucinian and Delta Kappa Epsilon. In his Junior 



134 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

year he was secretary of the Peucinian, and in his Senior year he was president 
of the same society. In his Junior year he was one of the editors of the Orient, 
and he was also first Heutenant in the Bowdoin Cadets. He did not belong to 
the Boat Club or to the Baseball Club, and he did not take part in any of the 
athletic games, but in his Senior year he was leader and instructor of the first 
division of the Junior class in the gymnasium. He took first prize in English 
Composition in the Senior year; subject, "The Origin of American Institutions." 
He was on the committee for the Senior and Junior exhibition of Dec. 21, 1874, 
and took part as a Junior ; subject, " Extract from Macaulay." Also on the com- 
mittee for the Senior and Junior exhibition of April 3, 1876, and took part, with 
a " Salutatory Oration in Latin." 

He took first prize at the '68 exhibition. He led the class in scholarship, 
and at Commencement, July 13, 1876, he had the "Salutatory Oration in Latin." 

He taught school in the winters of the Freshman and Sophomore years in 
Auburn, being absent from college a part of the winter term of each year. 

He taught in the Edward Little High School, Auburn, Me., for one year 
immediately after graduation ; then studied law in the office of Hon. Nathan 
Morrill at Auburn, except for one term in the spring of 1879, when he had 
charge of the Edward Little High School. He was admitted to the bar of An- 
droscoggin County in February, 1880, and has since been engaged in the prac- 
tice of his profession in Auburn, in the firm of N. & J. A. Morrill. Since 1885 
he has been a member of the board of trustees of the Auburn Savings Bank, 
and he is a member of the Board of Overseers of the college. 

He was married, Nov. i, 1883, to Miss Isabella Olive Littlefield of Melrose, 
Mass., and has one child, — Dorothy Isabella Morrill, born Dec. 27, 1891. 

He belongs to the Democratic party, and has attended every Commence- 
ment but one. 

ERWIN BARRETT KEWCOMB. 

Ervvin Barrett Newcomb was born in Zanesville, O., Jan. 9, 1855. Fitted 
at Gorham Academy, Gorham, Me., and entered Bowdoin College, July 12, 1872. 
Graduated July 13, 1876. Height, 6 feet; weight, 185 pounds. 

He liked studies of a scientific nature. — Physics, etc., — and took the engi- 
neering course in college, receiving the degree of Mechanical Engineer. Since 
graduation he has made a special study of electricity, and now devotes his 
whole attention to its practical application. 

While in college he roomed with Souther, Atwood, and H. R. Sewall, in 
succession, at Maine Hall and Winthrop Hall. He was a member of the Boat 
Club, Brass Band, Baseball Association, Bowdoin Telegraph Company, Bowdoin 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 135 

Telegraph Association, Cleaveland Scientific Association, and the Athenaean. In 
his Junior year he was general supervisor of the Bowdoin Telegraph Company ; 
leader of the proficients in gymnasium, president of the Cleaveland Scientific 
Association, and second director of the Bowdoin Telegraph Association in his 
Senior year. He was a member of the company selected from the Bowdoin 
Cadets to compete for the State championship. 

The year following graduation he was employed in the shops of the Marietta 
& Cincinnati Railroad at Chillicothe, O. During the next year he was em- 
ployed at railway work in Lawrenceburg, Ind., and in St. Louis, Mo. His health 
failing, he then returned to Cumberland Mills, Me., where, until Jan. i, 1893, he 
was engaged first as draughtsman and then as mechanical engineer and master 
mechanic in the paper mills of S. D. Warren & Co., having had charge of their 
large repair and construction shops, employing one hundred and twenty mechan- 
ics. On the above date he was promoted to the general managership of the 
Westbrook Electric Light and Power Company, owned by the Warrens, and fur- 
nishing light, heat, and power for residences, stores, churches, mills, streets, etc., 
of the cities of Westbrook and Deering. 

He has patented a rotary pump, a car replacer, a system of continuous 
bleaching for fibre, and an electric governor for water-wheels, and has invented 
and constructed other devices of a labor-saving nature. He has written for the 
Westbrook Chronicle and other papers, and in 1888 assisted in editing a memo- 
rial volume, "S. D. Warren: a Memorial Tribute" (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.). 

He belongs to the Congregational Church, in which he was for several years 
superintendent of the Sunday school. He is treasurer of Warren parish, which 
position he has filled several terms. He has been secretary and treasurer of the 
Cumberland Mills Mutual Relief Association, president of the Presumpscot Grove 
Association, and is a member of the Republican city committee. He is a past 
chancellor in Presumpscot Valley Lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythias, and a mem- 
ber of Ammoncongin Lodge, No. 76, Improved Order of Odd Fellows, and 
Rechab Division of No. 4, Sons of Temperance. 

He married, June 30, 1881, Miss Nellie S. Pennell of Portland, Me. She 
died March 2, 1885, of consumption, at Cumberland Mills, Me. 

Married, Oct. 24, 1887, Miss Isabelle Hamblen of Portland, Me. Has two 
children, — Wilma Frost Newcomb, born July 28, 1882, and Erwin Barrett New- 
comb, born Nov. 26, 1888. 

ARTHUR TAYLOR PARKER. 

Arthur Taylor Parker was born in Chelsea, Mass.. June 21, 1854. He 
fitted for college at the Latin School, Boston, Mass., and was admitted to 
Bowdoin July 12, 1872, and graduated July 13, 1876. 



136 BOWDOIX COLLEGE. 

He was not a strong man nor large in stature, being but 5 feet 5 inches 
in height and weighing 135 pounds; but he was endowed with a good ph)'sical 
condition and was never sick. At graduation his intended occupation was 
business. 

He roomed the first term of Freshman year at Mrs. Hale's on Bath Street, 
with Yates ; the next two terms with Wright at the same place. Sophomore 
year he roomed at 9 Appleton Hall, and Junior and Senior years at 9 Maine 
Hall. His room was a home to all who enjo)ed the privilege of his hospitalit)". 
It was a homelike room, and a little stand contained pipes of high and low 
degree, ready for any one who might call. Here not only members of '76 but 
men from all the classes were wont to drop in and have a chat with " Peck." or 
consult about some college interest, tie was musical in his tastes and played in 
the college orchestra for a while. He also had a small cabinet organ in his room 
during the early part of his Junior year. The innocent Freshman would come 
in and attempt to play "Home. Sweet Home," while the visiting Sophomores 
would start in with a Phi Chi song, the man above would pound on the floor, 
and the man next door would hammer on the wall. Parker's musical feeling^s 
were somewhat jarred, and he finally indefinitely suspended the organ for 
causing discord among the residents of the South End. He had no particular 
preference for any of the studies of the course, unless it was the " military," 
which was a special favorite (?) with all the boys from the Latin School. 

He was an active and working member of the following societies : Psi 
Upsilon, Peucinian, Master Humphrey's Clock, Lambda Mu, and Rho Upsilon. 
He was also a member of the Boat Club, Baseball Association, Athletic Associa- 
tion, and Telegraph Association. He was foremost in all college and class 
organizations, both literary and athletic, having been prophet of the class 
during his Freshman and Sophomore years ; third director of the Baseball 
Association and Junior editor of the Boiodoinensia in his Junior year; vice- 
president of the Peucinian and first director of the Baseball Association in his 
Senior year; and judge and master of ceremonies on different occasions at the 
field day exercises, which sports he was instrumental in establishing on a solid 
basis at Bowdoin. He also, with Arlo Bates, '76, and J. E. Chapman, '77, com- 
piled a collection of Bowdoin songs. At the exercises of Ivy Day he was odist, 
and also curator of the Ivy. He was also on the committee of arrangements 
in his Senior year. His interest in all college matters, great or small, was re- 
markable, and probably no man in late years has left a deeper imprint on college 
life than he. 

He never endeavored to obtain a high rank in any of the regular studies, 
and yet he was fond of books and reading. He was gifted with an excellent 
memory and retained all which came within his interest and observation. He 



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was quiet and easy-going in manner and had a very clear insight into the require- 
ments of any work in hand, and in consequence his ideas and advice were 
always sought when arranging any programme or carrying out any plans in the 
local organizations. Conscientious in all he did, it was soon conceded that in 
many matters it was best to let him carry out his plans in his own way. Director 
" Peck" he was called, and Director " Peck" he will ever be to his classmates. 
While in college he w^s a man of opposites. A high priest of conservatism, he 
was at the same time an ardent radical. As a conservative, he cherished the 
Greek letter societies ; as a radical, he was one of the founders of Master 
Humphrey's Clock. He sang the old Phi Chi songs, but he joined Rho 
Upsilon. He loved the old buildings, but he applauded the demolition of the 
Temple. 

He settled in Boston after graduation, and in January, 1877, went into busi- 
ness with his father in the hrm of Parker & Carey, commission merchants in 
produce, flour, etc., acting as book-keeper. Later he was with F. R. Kimball, 
'76, for a while. He then formed a partnership with an electroplater, and took 
the electroplating business which had formerly been connected with Kimball's 
business. He continued in this for about a year and then withdrew. 

Feb. I, 1883, he formed the partnership of Parker & Parker with W. P. 
Parker of Salem, Mass., for the purpose of electroplating, metal finishing, and 
the manufacture of brass and art goods. In 1892 he withdrew from the firm, 
and is now connected with the Murdock Parlor Grate Company, having charge 
of one of the departments in the manufactory at Middleborough, Mass. 

He was married in Boston, June 15, 1881, to Miss Grace Lee Wilson, and 
has had five children as follows: Beulah Parker, born Sept. 8, 1885, in Revere, 
Mass., died at the same place Aug. 6, 1886; Ruth Parker, born July 14, 1887, 
in Boston; David Taylor Parker, born Oct. 25, 1888, in Boston; Margaret 
Parker, born Dec. 18, 1890, at Orleans, Mass., died at the same place Dec. 22, 
1890; and Marion Parker, born March 5, 1892, at Boston. 

He has always kept up the old interest in his Alma Mater, and no man to- 
day is better acquainted with its alumni, who they are, where they live, and what 
they are doing, than he. He was an earnest and influential member of the 
Bowdoin Club of Boston. He was on the class committee of arrangements for 
the three years ending in 1879, and since then he has been permanent secretary 
and treasurer of the class, having been elected to that position at the triennial 
meeting of the class July 9, 1879. For many years he has also been secretary 
of the Boston Alumni Association, and was one of the editors of the history of 
that organization. A few years ago he bought a little place on Cape Cod at 
East Orleans, Mass. Here his family spends the summers, and here he stays 
all the time his business will permit, and is continually making improvements in 



138 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

the house during his spare hours. He takes much interest in the place and 
keeps a small boat, with which he enjoys his holidays sailing and fishing. 

He has no religious preference, is a Republican, and has attended every 
Commencement but five. 

GEORGE PARSONS. 

George Parsons was born in Kennebunkport, Me., April 8, 1854. He fitted 
at the academy of South Berwick, Me., and entered Williams College. He left 
there and entered the Class of '76 at Bowdoin in January, 1874, and graduated 
July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 7 inches; weight, 1580- pounds. 

He roomed at Mrs. Pennell's on Main Street the balance of his Sophomore 
year, and at Mrs. Booker's on Potter Street, with Knight, '77 (formerly of '76), 
in his Junior and Senior years. 

Parsons entered in the middle of Sophomore year, and having already been 
a college man he at once took his place as one of our number, and was soon do- 
ing his share of work in the college organizations ; and, being of an agreeable 
and friendly nature, he quickly won the friendship of his classmates. 

His favorite studies were German, Mathematics, and Political Economy. 
He introduced one or two new features in the exercises of Ivy Day, and took an 
active interest in all college sports. 

He was a member of Psi Upsilon, was on the class committee of arrange- 
ments in Junior year, and was chairman of the committee on Senior pictures. 
He was Junior editor of the Bowdoinensia, and in his Senior year he was first 
director of the Boat Club. He was one of the musical members of the class 
and sang second tenor in the '76 Glee Club, was treasurer of the Bowdoin Col- 
lege Orchestra, in which he played the clarinet, and also played the first E-flat 
tuba in the College Brass Band. 

During the fall and winter following graduation he studied at Comer's 
Commercial College in Boston, Mass., graduating in April, 1877. Immediately 
after graduation he removed to New York, where he entered the banking-house 
of his uncle, remaining there until 188 1. While there he retained an active 
interest in his Alma Mater and was secretary of the Bowdoin Alumni Associa- 
tion of New York from 1878 to 1881. In October, 1881, he removed to Cairo, 
111., and on the ist of November, 1881, became book-keeper for the Cairo Trust 
Property, which position he held till January, 1893, when he was made manager 
of the same property. 

He married Miss Ada Virginia Scarritt of Cairo, 111., Dec. 13, 1882, and 
has one child, — Blanche Parsons, born Feb. 20, 1888. 

He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and belongs to the 
Republican party. 



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JOHN HOWARD PAYNE. 



John Howard Payne was born in Bath, Me., June 14, 1855. Fitted at Bath 
High School, Bath, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872. Graduated July 13, 
1876. Height, 5 feet 7^ inches; weight, 134 pounds. 

He roomed alone at 4 Appleton Hall in his Freshman year, 15 Winthrop 
Hall with E. H. Kimball in his Sophomore year, and in the rooms of the Alpha 
Delta Phi with E. H. Kimball in his Junior and Senior years. 

His favorite studies were Latin and German, and since graduation he has 
pursued German and French to some extent. 

He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi, Lambda Mu, Bowdoin Boat Club, 
Baseball Association, and the Athletic Association, and was a sergeant in the 
Bowdoin Cadets. 

He was secretary of the class in his Freshman and Sophomore years ; 
secretary of the reading-room, and secretary of the gymnastic department in his 
Junior year. He played left field on the Freshman nine, centre field on the 
Sophomore nine, right field on the Junior nine, and third base on the Senior 
nine. He took part in the Junior prize declamation of July 5, 1875 ; subject, 
"The Accolade": and in the Senior and Junior exhibition of Dec. 20, 1875; 
subject, " Heredity of the Imagination." 

He was a very quiet man, and I judge very few of his classmates were ever 
taken deeply into his confidence. He did not seem to study in order to excel, 
but all the work he did seemed intended to make him a cultured gentleman. 
He had a decided taste towards art in all its branches. He impressed one as 
having decided upon his life work, but not in any hurry to enter upon it before 
he had the foundation of a liberal education. He was very handy with pen and 
pencil in sketching, and some of his classmates have now in their possession 
monograms, and portraits of professors and students, and classroom scenes, 
which were drawn when uninteresting discussions were going on. Because he 
seemed quiet, however, was no indication that he was not quick to resent an 
invasion of his right; and when occasion required he showed his grit quickly. 

In the fall of 1876 he began the study of medicine in the Medical School of 
the Boston University. In September, 1877, he sailed for Europe in company 
with E. H. Kimball, where he travelled until the September following, when he 
returned to Boston and resumed his medical studies, graduating in June, 1879. 
He settled in Boston in practice with his brother. Dr. F. W. Payne, with whom 
he remained until September, 1879, when he removed to Boston Highlands and 
began to practise with Dr. Payne, his cousin. 

He married, Dec. 3, 1879, Miss Ernestine Houghton of Bath, Me. 

In October, 1881, he removed from Hotel Eliot, Roxbury, to 680 Tremont 



I40 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Street, Boston, where he opened an office for himself. He sailed Nov. lo, 1883, 
for Europe, where he intended to spend a year in study. Returned from 
Europe in September, 1884, and opened an office in Hotel Columbus, Columbus 
Avenue, Boston, Mass. 

In the summer of 1888 he moved to Pierce Building, Copley Square, where 
he is at the present time, making a specialty of the eye and ear. 

During the summer of 1891 he again went abroad. 

He is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Boston University 
School of Medicine ; ophthalmic surgeon to the Massachusetts Homoeopathic 
Hospital; surgeon -in-chief to the eye and ear department of the Boston 
Homoeopathic Dispensary ; a member of the Boston Homoeopathic Medical 
Society, Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society, and the American Insti- 
tute of Homoeopathy. He was at one time a Republican, but is now an Inde- 
pendent. 

FRANKLIN CONANT PAVSON. 

Franklin Conant Payson was born in Portland, Me., Sept. 4, 1856. 
Fitted at Portland High School and entered college July 12, 1872. Graduated 
July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 9^ inches; weight, 174 pounds. 

He roomed the first and second year with W. M. Payson, '74, at 5 Apple- 
ton Hall, and the third and fourth years with H. C. Baxter, 'jS, at the same 
place. His favorite studies were Mathematics and Greek. He has not pursued 
them to any extent since graduation. 

He was a member of the Peucinian, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, 
and Phi Chi. He was also a member of the Boat Club, Baseball Association, 
and Athletic Association. In his Junior year he was vice-commodore of the 
Boat Club, first director of the Baseball Association, captain of the college nine, 
and No. 3 on the college crew. He was catcher on the Freshman nine, pitcher 
on the Sophomore nine, pitcher on the Junior and Senior nines, and pitcher of the 
college nine for three years. In his Senior year he was the orator of the Peucin- 
ian, provisional captain of the college crew, senior captain of the Bowdoin Cadets, 
president of the Baseball Association, and president of the Athletic Association. 

He was No. 2 on the Freshman crew, bow and captain of the Sophomore 
and Junior crews. In the gymnasium he was second division leader of the pro- 
ficient class in Freshman year, second division leader of the first class of pro- 
ficients in Junior year, secretary of the Baseball Association Sophomore year, 
and second on executive committee of the reading-room Junior year. He took 
first prize in throwing the baseball at the first field day, Nov. 14, 1874, and 
second in the two-mile run at the third field day, Oct. 30, 1875. Took part in 
the Senior and Junior exhibition of April 5, 1875; subject, " Vocula to his Sol- 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 141 

diers": and in the Senior and Junior exhibition of April 3, 1876; subject, "The 
Theory of Evolution." 

He was accompanist for the '76 Glee Club. Was on the committee on 
dance on the green in Senior year, secretary of the class for the three years 
ending 1879, committee on arrangements for the three years ending 1882, and 
on the committee for the decennial dinner. 

He was the youngest as well as one of the strongest men in the class, 
possessed a splendid physique, and was a leader in athletics, and also in scholar- 
ship, being one of the Phi Beta Kappas. He was a man of great energy and 
push, and since his graduation he has clearly shown it by the amount of work- 
he has carried through. 

He held the Brown Memorial Scholarship for the four years he was in 
college. 

After graduation he began the study of law with Hon. W. L. Putnam 
(1855) in Portland, and was admitted to the Cumberland bar in April, 1878. 
In October, 1878, he opened an office in Portland for the practice of his pro- 
fession, and in 1879 formed a partnership with D. W. Snow (1873), under the 
firm name of Snow & Payson, which continued for about five years. In 1884 
he formed a partnershif) with George F. Holmes, under the name of Holmes & 
Payson. In August, 1888, this partnership was dissolved, and at present he is 
senior partner of the firm of Payson, Virgin & Davis. 

He was a member of the State Legislature of 1891, serving on the judici- 
ary committee. 

He is president of the Portland Company, Portland Cooperage Company, 
director of the Portland Water Company, corporator of the Portland Savings 
Bank, president of the Portland Athletic Club, and a member of the Maine His- 
torical Society. 

He married, Oct. 4, 1883, Miss Grace W. Merrill of Portland, Me., and has 
two children, — Robert Payson, born Aug. 30, 1884, ^^i*^^ Donald Merrill Payson, 
born March 29, 1888. 

He has attended about two thirds of the Commencements, and belongs to 
the Republican party. 

CHARLES ALBERT PERRV. 

Charles Albert Perry was born in Blanchard, Me., April 11, 1852. Fitted 
at Phillips Academy, Andover, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872. Gradu- 
ated July 13, 1876. 

He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi. Was on the committee on 
odes in his Freshman and Sophomore years. He was also a member of the 
College Cornet Band, and was basso in the '76 Glee Club. Took second prize 



142 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

at the Sophomore prize declamation of June 29, 1874; subject, " Reply to Wal- 
pole": and second prize at the Junior prize declamation of June 5, 1875; subject, 
" Matches and Overmatches." Took part in the Senior and Junior exhibition of 
Dec. 20, 1875; subject, "Moral Energy." 

He was principal of the high school at Orrington during the fall of 1876, 
and then entered the Bangor Theological Seminary, where he remained until 
June, 1878; the next year he studied in the Andover Theological Seminary, 
graduating at that institution in June, 1879. He was acting pastor of the 
Congregational Church in Windham, Vt., for about one year, and subsequently 
entered the Yale Theological Seminar^' for a year of advanced study. After 
leaving Yale he went to Memphis, where he labored until March, 1884. 

He was ordained a Congregational minister Oct. 16, 1882. 

He has preached in East Taunton, Mass., and at present is preaching in 
Hyde Park, Mass. 

GEORGE FRANKLIN PRAIT. 

George Franklin Pratt was born in Bangor, Me., April 5, 1852. He was 
the son of Hon. Spencer A. and Mary R. Pratt. Fitted at Bangor High School, 
Bangor, Me., and entered college Oct. 7, 1872, graduating July 13, 1876. His 
height was 6 feet, and weight 170 pounds. 

While in college he roomed with Clark, '76, Freshman year, at Col. Joyce's ; 
Sophomore and Junior years at 29 Maine Hall, and at 1 1 Winthrop Hall in his 
Senior year. 

His favorite studies were Geology, Chemistry, Mental and Moral Philos- 
ophy, and the sciences in general, and some considerable part of each day was 
given to physical training. Since graduation he has pursued Literature, His- 
tory, and Theology. 

He was a member of the Athenaean, and the Theta Delta Chi, and in his 
Junior year vice-president of the Bowdoin Athletic Association. He was a cor- 
poral in the Bowdoin Cadets, and baritone in the '76 Glee Club. 

He played third base on the Sophomore nine and the same position on the 
Junior nine, and pulled No. 2 in the Junior boat, and was captain of the crew. 
On the fourth field day he took fourth prize for throwing the heavy hammer 
forty feet. He taught at Bath, Me., a part of the Sophomore year, and in the 
Free High School, Orrington, Me., a part of the Senior year. 

He was not very rugged as a boy, but built up a good constitution by devo- 
tion to athletic sports and games, kept up somewhat against the wishes of his 
father, who was a man of more than ordinary' ability, a graduate of Brown Uni- 
versity, a lawyer, and for many years judge of the Municipal Court of Bangor. 
Pratt was a general favorite among his associates, being very conscientious and 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 143 

even-tempered at all times, fair in play and in work. He was not easily pro- 
voked, but not afraid to vigorously oppose any attempt at fraud. 

While he had charge of the Episcopal Church in Bath he devoted much 
time to the physical side of the natures of his young men, and accomplished a 
great deal of good. His young people were devotedly attached to him. 

In the fall of '76 he began teaching at the Free High School, Brewer, Me., 
and remained there two years as principal of that school, then went to New York 
and entered the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church of America, and remained there three years, graduating in 1881. While 
in this seminary he was employed in church work nearly every Sunday during 
his second year, being regularly sent to a mining town in New Jersey, where he 
at once secured the devotion of his rough charge, and was favored with special 
commendation by Peter Cooper, and did much good. He was awarded the Sey- 
mour Prize, for extempore preaching, while at the seminary. 

From 1 88 1 to 1888 he was an Episcopal minister at Bath, Me., and Clinton, 
Mass., and from 1889 up to the present time has been a Unitarian minister at 
Berlin, Mass. He was chairman of the school committee of Bath, Me., and 
secretary of the school committee of Berlin, Mass., and scribe of the Worcester 
Association of Unitarian Ministers. 

He married, July 27, 1881, Miss Fannie D. Harlow of Brewer, Me. She 
died of consumption, at Brewer, Me., July 11, 1884. Their son, Philip F., died 
of diphtheria, Aug. 11, 1883, aged one year. 

Married, Feb. 18, 1886, Miss Fannie M. Green of Clinton, Mass., and has 
three children, all girls, 5 years 10 months, 3 years 10 months, and 5 months 
old in October, 1892. 

He has attended only two of the Commencements, and does not belong to 
any party, though acting with the Prohibitionists usually, and always voting for 
the best man regardless of party. 

He is an enthusiastic advocate and worker for temperance. 

He is a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Royal Arcanum, 
Good Templars, and Granger secret societies. 

GEORGE THOMAS PRINCE. 

George Thomas Prince was born in Woburn, Mass., July 23, 1854. He 
fitted at the English High School, Boston, Mass., and entered college Aug. 29, 
1872, graduating from the Scientific Department July 13, 1876. Height, 5 
feet 8 inches; weight, 145 pounds. 

His favorite study was Mathematics, and he has kept it up since graduating 
in connection with his profession. He studied engineering during his course. 



144 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

He roomed at Mrs. Pierce's on Cleaveland Street the first term, afterwards 
in Appleton Hall and Winthrop Hall, a part of the time alone and a part with 
Virgin of '75 and Thing of '78. 

He was a member of the Zeta Psi, Baseball Association, Bowdoin Telegraph 
Association, Bowdoin Telegraph Company, and was one of the leading mem- 
bers of the Cleaveland Scientific Association, and on its committee of arrange- 
ments. He was third on the standing committee of the Bowdoin Praying Circle 
in his Sophomore year, and secretary of the Bowdoin Telegraph Association in 
his Senior year. He took first prize at the Junior declamation of July 5, 1875 ; 
subject, "Grandmother's Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill": also took part 
in the Sophomore prize declamation of June 29, 1874; subject, "Curfew Must 
Not Ring To-night." 

Immediately after graduating he was employed as engineer in the Boston 
Water Works in South Framingham, Mass., where he remained until the com- 
pletion of the works. He then engaged in the insurance business in Brockton, 
Mass., until May, 1880, when he received an appointment in connection with 
the construction of water works in the towns of Towanda, Pa., and Owego, 
N. Y. In January, 1881, he was placed in charge of the office of the Toledo, 
Delphos & Burlington Railroad, in Frankfort, Ind., and was subsequently ap- 
pointed principal assistant engineer in charge of construction from Kokomo, 
Ind., to Charleston, 111. In the fall of that year he was appointed chief engi- 
neer of the Burlington & Ohio River Railroad Company, with headquarters at 
Carlingsville, 111., but in the spring of 1882 he was obliged, by poor health, to 
return East. Having recovered his health, in September, 1882, he went to 
Keene, N. H., where he took part in the preliminary sewer surveys, under Col. 
George Waring. After remaining there about two months he removed to 
Buffalo, N. Y., to accept, under the same supervisor, the position of assi.^tant 
resident engineer to the Board of Buffalo Trunk Sewer Commission, ap- 
pointed by the governor of New York. He remained in Buffalo until the latter 
23art of October, 1883, when he resigned his position to accept one at St. Paul, 
Minn., under Rundlett (1868). 

In 1885 he accepted the position of superintendent of the Atlantic City 
Water Works. At present he is not only superintendent and secretary of the 
Atlantic City Water Works Company, but has charge of the gas works of R. 
D. Wood & Co. of Philadelphia, who are the controlling parties in the above 
water company. 

He married, Jan. 27, 1879, Miss Carrie A. Mitchell of Brunswick, Me., and 
has four children, — Marjorie Webster Prince, born June 28, 1882 ; Norman Call 
Prince, born June 3, 1884; George Myron Prince, born Dec. 12, 1888; and a 
daughter, born Feb. 17, 1893. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MP:MBERS. 145 

He belongs to the Republican party, and is a member of the Cosmopolitan 
Club of Atlantic City, N.J. He is also president of the Society of Christian 
Endeavor of the First Presbyterian Church in Atlantic City, N. J. 

WALTER AUGUSTIN ROBINSON. 

Walter Augustin Robinson was born in East Orrington, Me., Dec. 15, 1854. 
Fitted at Bangor High School, Bangor, Me., and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. 
Graduated July 13, 1876. Intended occupation, law. Weight, i6i;^ pounds. 

In Freshman year he roomed in 6 Maine Hall with his brothers, Daniel 
Arthur and Franklin Clement, of '73, who were not only fine scholars, but very 
popular men in college, and took an active part in boating and all college affairs. 
Arthur is now a practising physician in Bangor, while Franklin is Professor of 
Chemistry and Mineralogy, and Josiah Little Professor of Natural Science at 
Bowdoin. In his Sophomore year he roomed at 29 Appleton Hall with Hawes, 
'76, in Junior year at 31 Maine Hall with Hawes, and in Senior year alone at 15 
Maine Hall. 

He was a member of the Athenaean, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, 
Boat Club, and the Athletic Association. He was third on the committee of the 
Athenaean in his Sophomore year, first librarian of the Athenaean in his Senior 
year, and secretary and treasurer of the Athletic Association in the same year. 
He was bow of the Junior boat crew, and captain and bow of the Senior boat 
crew. He was corporal of Company E in his Freshman year, second sergeant 
Sophomore year, and acting orderly sergeant during the drill trouble. 

He took part in the .Sophomore prize declamation June 29, 1874; subject, 
"Lyceum Speech of Mr. Orator Climax": in the Senior and Junior exhibition 
Dec. 21, 1874; subject, " Wallenstein's Soliloquy." 

His favorite studies were Latin, Greek, and Mathematics, and he graduated 
among the leaders in scholarship, having a philosophical disquisition at Com- 
mencement. 

He was popular not only with his classmates, but with members of '75 and 
'74, as the following anecdote illustrates: — 

During Sophomore year he roomed in the north end of Appleton Hall. 
'76 was not well represented there, and he was almost alone in his attempts to 
keep the Freshmen quiet during study hours or in the evening. Several mem- 
bers of '']'] belonged to the College Band, and w^ere in the habit of practising 
upon their brass horns at any time. He thought it hardly worth while to call 
for the interference of '76 men, but one evening some of his Junior and Senior 
friends took the matter up as a joke. He had called to the Freshmen several 
times to "let up"; after the third summons he heard a marshalling of men on 



146 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

the three lower stories ; soon they came up-stairs in a company headed by two 
men with guns and fixed bayonets. They took possession of the Freshmen, 
sent for him and organized a court, with marshal, crier, judge, jury, and counsel 
for plaintiff and defendant. The case was very ably conducted ; the accused 
Freshmen were found guilty upon each of nearly twenty " counts," and punish- 
ment was decreed and inflicted after each decision was rendered. The culprits 
were not hazed severely ; no harm was done to them : they were merely taught 
to do as they were told, and the sentences were quite varied. Some of them 
were, climbing over the bedroom door ; turning somersaults together in the 
same time; sparring while standing on top of a table ; wrestling ; singing solos 
and trios ; reading Greek ; translating Livy ; making speeches upon woman's 
rights, etc. : and then they were warned that if they did not obey the Sopho- 
mores they would be more severely dealt wnth. 

He taught at Hampden Centre the winter of Sophomore year, and at 
Goodale's Corner, Orrington, the winter of Junior year, and was assistant in the 
Brunswick High School all of the Senior year. 

He was one of the quiet but generally favorite members of the class. 
Every one liked " Rob." He lived prudently, but was very generous and good- 
hearted, and possessed a remarkably even disposition, and showed the same 
kindly spirit toward all. 

He possessed a bright mind, stimulated to incessant activity by an insa- 
tiable thirst for knowledge, and an ambition to stand high as a scholar and a 
man. But, in spite of his thirst for knowledge, his aspiration was not to out- 
rank all others and be the very first, for he was too fond of equality with his 
fellows to covet a position above them. There was nothing mean about him, 
and if there was any fault to be found in him, perhaps it was that his indomitable 
"grit" at times made him stubborn. 

He had the frame to become a powerful man, though he was not tall; and 
possibly while in college he might have been called rather under-sized, though 
well built and strong. In a friendly scuffle, no matter how athletic his opponent 
or fierce the contest, he would never give in. 

He was observing, and in visiting any new place would soon know all 
about it. When the Brooklyn Bridge was building he obtained a permit to 
ascend the first pier, and he went. Not only that : he crossed over the narrow 
footpath intended for workmen only, from the Brooklyn side and back again, 
receiving a reprimand from the officials. 

In official positions since graduation he has frequently dared, at the risk of 
losing his place, to champion unpopular convictions upon questions in public 
controversy, in upholding what he considered right principles. 

For pluck, energy, enterprise, he was really extraordinary. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 147 

I would briefly sum up my impression of the elements of his character by 
saying that the two most prominent and important traits that stand out distinctly 
are his moral integrity and his energy. 

The year following graduation he was principal of Fryeburg Academy, 
Fryeburg, Me. In the spring of 1877 he became principal of the high school at 
Orange, Mass., where he remained three years. 

In November, 1880, he was appointed principal of Washington Academy in 
East Machias, and in the summer of 1881 he took charge of the high school in 
Franklin Falls, N. H., where he remained eight years. 

In 1889 he moved to Boston, Mass., and became sub-master of the Eliot 
School. In 1891 he became sub-master of the Dudley School, Boston, Mass., 
where he is at the present time. 

For the two years 1886-87 he was president of the New Hampshire State 
Teachers' Association. Since 1891 he has been director of Swedish gymnas- 
tics in the Northern New England Chautauqua Assembly at Fryeburg, Me. 

He edited the Merrimack Journal during the temporary absence of the 
editor at Franklin for one week, — the week Gambetta died, — and an educational 
daily one week at the same place. The daily was the County Institute. He 
was vice-president of the American Institute of Instruction from 1884 to 1891. 

He married, Aug. 9, 1882, Miss Florence L. Warren of Fryeburg, Me., and 
has one child, — Warren Eastman Robinson, born May 7, 1890. 

His extensive pedagogical career and his connections with many organiza- 
tions have made his name and face familiar in many sections. 

Besides the above organizations he is a member of the Masons, a member 
of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and the Appalachian Mountain Club, 
and secretary and treasurer of the Boston Sub-Masters' Club, and belongs to 
the Republican party, 

ALLEN ELLINGTON ROGERS. 

Allen Ellington Rogers was born in Ellsworth, Me., April 23, 1855. Fitted 
at Hampden Academy, Hampden, Me., and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. 
Graduated July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 11^ inches; weight, 160 pounds. 

His favorite studies were the sciences. 

While in college he roomed at Maine Hall, and outside. 

He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi. 

He taught in the public schools in the town of Hampden before entering 
college and also while in college. 

After graduation he taught in Hampden until the winter of 1879, when he 
was elected Professor of Modern Languages and Military Tactics in the Maine 



148 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, in Orono, afterwards Pro- 
fessor of Political Economy and Logic. 

He is a member of the Penobscot County bar, but has never practised. 

He married, Nov. 25, 1880, Miss Mary F. Butler of Hampden, who died in 
1886, leaving one child, a girl, now eight years old. 

He married, Nov. 20, 1891, Miss Hannah W. Lord of Orono. 

He belongs to the Democratic party. 

WILLIAJNI HENRY GULLIVER ROWE. 

William Henry Gulliver Rowe was born in Auburn, Me., Feb. 20, 1853. 
He fitted at Edward Little Institute, Auburn, Me., and entered college Aug. 29, 
1872. Graduated from the Scientific Division July 13, 1876. Intended occupa- 
tion, business. Height, 5 feet 8 inches; weight, 140 pounds. 

He roomed at Miss Thompson's in his Freshman )'ear, in 16 Winthrop Hall 
and 20 Appleton Hall in his Sophomore year, and in 13 Maine Hall in his Jun- 
ior and Senior years, — with Stimson, '76, all four years. 

His favorite studies were the sciences, and he has pursued them somewhat 
since graduation. 

He was a member of the Athensean, Psi Chi, Lambda Mu, and Psi Upsilon 
societies ; also a member of the Baseball Association, Telegraph Company, Ath- 
letic Association, and Telegraph Association. 

He was a sergeant in the Bowdoin Cadets. In his Junior year he was direc- 
tor of the Telegraph Company, and one of the editors of the Orient ; scorer of 
the college nine in his Junior year ; director of the Telegraph Association in his 
Senior year ; and treasurer of the class from 1879 to 1882. He was timekeeper 
at the class races on June 2, 1876, on the Bowdoin course, and master of cere- 
monies at the field day on the Delta. At the burial of Analytics he was one of 
the curators. 

He was a smart, energetic fellow, possessed an abundance of vim, was 
enthusiastic in whatever he took hold of, and made a good official in any organ- 
ization. He was connected with F. R. Kimball in several enterprises, and with 
Waitt, Alden, and Whitcomb in various affairs, and was one of the moving spirits 
in college sports. 

After graduation he went home and remained in an undecided state until 
January, 1877, when he decided to adopt the profession of medicine, and pur- 
sued his preparatory studies in the Medical School of Maine, at Brunswick, 
the Portland School for Medical Instruction, and the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons in New York City, at which institution he graduated in March, 1880. 

In October following he began the practice of his profession at Cape 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 149 

Elizabeth Depot, succeeding to the practice of Dr. R. R. Baston (1875). In 
1883 he retired from the profession and entered into business, becoming a 
travelling representative in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the District 
of Columbia for the wholesale coffee and tea house of Chase & Sanborn of 
Boston. He then became a stock broker, and was also engaged in manufactur- 
ing business. Later he entered upon newspaper work, and was connected with 
the New York If orM for some time. He did special work on the Springfield 
Union during the past year, and is now a resident of Winchester, Mass. 

He has written for various magazines and newspapers. 

He married, April 30, 1885, Miss Eva Andrews of Boston, Mass., and has 
one daughter about a year and a half old. 

He was a member of the Psi Upsilon Club of New York City during his 
residence there. 

He has attended four or five Commencements, and is a Socialist. 

ALVAH HORTON SABIN. 

Alvah Horton Sabin was born April 9, 185 i, in tlie town of Norfolk, N. Y., 
but both his parents were born near St. Albans, Vt., and had lived there most 
of their lives. He is the seventh direct descendant of William Sabin, who was 
expelled from La Rochelle, France, as a Huguenot, in 1628, by Louis XIV., and 
came to this country from Great Britain in 1643. I'^ October, 1851, his parents 
moved to Wisconsin, where they lived until 1871. He received his early educa- 
tion in the preparatory school attached to Ripon College, where he commenced 
the study of Chemistry in 1866, his first teacher in that study being Dr. William 
Hayes Ward, now editor of the New York Independent and president of the 
American Oriental Society. 

In 187 1 his parents moved to Iowa, and he took the Freshman and Sopho- 
more course with the Class of '76 at Iowa College, Grinnell, la., taking the 
regular classical course and having Greek under Prof. John Avery, afterwards of 
Bowdoin. Dr. Carmichael was there, and after he went to Bowdoin Sabin 
decided to go also, and entered at the beginning of the second term of the 
Junior year. His certificates of scholarship were accepted without examination, 
and at once gave him high rank in the class, which he maintained throughout 
the course. At graduation he was offered the choice of degrees, A. B. or B. S., 
and he chose the latter. Andrews and he had the same rank, being just below 
Morrill, and by lot Sabin received the appointment to deliver the Latin Oration for 
the M. A., but was unable to attend, and the appointment was given to Andrews. 

Graduated from the Scientific Department July 13, 1876. Weight, 130 
pounds. 



ISO BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

His favorite studies were Mathematics and Chemistry, and since graduation 
he has kept up the study of them. 

While in college he roomed at 30 Maine Hall, and during Senior year with 
D. H. Felchof '78. 

He was a member of the Peucinian, Phi Beta Kappa, and Theta Delta Chi. 
In his Senior year he was first editor of the Peucinian. He took part in the 
Junior prize declamation of July 5, 1875 ; subject, " Some Objections to the 
Development Theory": in the Senior and Junior exhibition of April 3, 1876; 
subject, " Bombast" : and in the '68 exhibition ; subject, "Art and Criticism." 

He taught in Iowa and Boothbay, Me. 

He attended the summer school at Bowdoin in 1876 and 1877, taking 
Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Biology. In the fall of 1876 he was elected pro- 
fessor of Chemistry and Natural Science in Ripon College, Ripon, Wis., where 
he remained until the spring of 1880, when he resigned. In June, 1880, he was 
appointed Professor of Chemistry and Physics in the University of Vermont and 
State Agricultural College, in Burlington, Vt., where he remained until 1886, 
when he went to Montreal as a chemist in a paint factory. 

From 1887 up to the present time he has been in the employ, as a chemist, 
of Edward Smith & Co., manufacturers of varnishes and coach colors, Long 
Island City and New York City. 

From 1882 to 1885 he was State chemist of Vermont; chairman of the 
New York section of the American Chemical Society, 1892-93 ; and vice-presi- 
dent of the American Chemical Society, 1893. He is also a member of the New 
York Scientific Alliance, and on the council of the same. He belongs to the 
New York Association of the Phi Beta Kappa, to the Brooklyn Institute, and is 
a Republican. 

He married, July 8, 1878, Miss J. A. Robinson of Bangor, Me., who died 
Aug. 27, 1879, leaving a son ; and he died Feb. 12, 1884. 

He again married, Oct. 29, 1880, Miss M. E. Barden of Portage, Wis., and 
has one child, a son, — Raymond E., born July 8, 1886. 

ALPHEUS SANFORD. 

Alpheus Sanford was born in North Attleboro, Mass., July 5, 1856. He 
fitted for college at the public Latin School, Boston, Mass., and entered July 12, 
1872, graduating July 13, 1876. Intended occupation, law. Height, 5 feet 11^ 
inches; weight, 160 pounds. 

He was a member of Psi Upsilon, Rho Upsilon, Lambda Mu, the Peucinian, 
and Master Humphrey's Clock, the Baseball Association, Athletic Association, 
and Telegraph Association. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 151 

He roomed out in his Freshman year with Stevens, '76; Sophomore year 
at 15 Appleton Hall; and Junior and Senior years at No. 11, south end of 
Maine Hall. 

In his Sophomore year he was second director of the Baseball Association, 
and third on the committee of the Peucinian. In his Junior year he was 
treasurer of the reading-room, and second on the executive committee of the 
Boat Club. He was vice-president of the Athletic Association, and poet of the 
Peucinian in his Senior year. 

He played first base on the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior nines, and was 
captain also, and centre field on the Freshman nine. He played centre field on 
the college nine in his Freshman year, centre field in Sophomore year, first 
base in Junior year, and first base and captain in Senior year. He was one of 
the judges at the first field day, Nov. 14, 1874. He took part in the Junior 
prize declamation, July 5, 1875 ; subject, " Education and its Errors." 

In his Freshman year he joined the Psi Upsilon Society. 

At that time he roomed at Mrs. Gatchell's on Bath Street, with O. C. Ste- 
vens. He remained there during the vicissitudes of Freshman year, doing a fair 
amount of studying himself, and tutoring his chum in Greek so successfully that 
he had the satisfaction of seeing the chum enrolled among the immortals while 
he himself remained on earth. 

Having been brought up in a school where military drill was a part of the 
curriculum, he was well equipped to furnish certain suggestions to the officer 
students, then beginning to drill the Bowdoin Cadets. These suggestions were 
given so quietly and in such apparent good faith that they were frequently 
acted upon by the captains and lieutenants, who were surprised at the facility 
with which their commands would unexpectedly march off" and leave them stand- 
ing in dismay. 

In these days Sanford began to show good material as a baseball player, and 
in his Junior year came to be captain of the nine. 

On Ivy Day in the Junior year he was awarded the wooden spoon, indicat- 
ing that he was the most popular man in the class. The trophy was well de- 
served, and in our college world will always seem of importance. 

He was president of the class at the class day exercises. 

His disposition was such that he was in numberless escapades: he excelled 
in blowing horns, and had a very neat aim with a water-pail ; but in all he did 
there was nothing underhanded or mean, and he was so ready to take his part of 
any blame that he often took the dose which should have been shared with 
others. 

He was, in college, a power in the class, and to his friends there his subse- 
quent career at the bar and in politics is no cause for surprise. He possessed a 



152 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

vein of wit, and even when apparently in a sober mood a little twinkle in his eye 
indicated the presence of a fun-loving nature ; but behind it all was seriousness 
and manliness, which made him a stanch friend. 

After graduation he studied law^ with his father in Boston, until the fall of 
1878, when he continued his studies in the office of Joseph Nickerson in the 
same city, and was admitted to the Suffolk County Supreme bar Nov. 13, 1880. 
He then remained for some time in Mr. Nickerson's office. At present he has 
an office in the Mason Building on Kilby Street, where he is engaged in the 
practice of his profession. 

In 1886 he was elected to the Common Council of the city of Boston, and 
served two years. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Represent- 
atives in 1888 and 1890, and w^as secretary of the Boston Republican Ward and 
City Committees for several years. 

In 1892 he received the Republican nomination for the Board of Aldermen 
of the city of Boston, and was elected by a handsome majority. In regard to 
his nomination we quote from the Boston JoiLvnal oi Dec. 22, 1892: — 

"The Republicans of the Eighth Aldermanic district have nominated 
Alpheus Sanford for alderman. This district comprises wards 17 and 18. The 
convention was held at the headquarters of the Republican City Committee, and 
Hon. Charles Carleton Coffin was chairman and Representative Stillman S- 
Blanchard secretary, Mr. Sanford was nominated by acclamation in a conven- 
tion very fully represented. The nominee was called for and cam.e in, making a 
ringing speech of acceptance." 

He married, Sept. 20, 1883, Miss Mary C. V. Gardner of Acushnet, Mass., 
and has two children, — Gardner Sanford, born at Boston, Oct. 27, 1888 ; and a 
girl, born Aug. 18, 1892. 

He is a member of the Mercantile Library Association and of the Massa- 
chusetts Club. 

CHARLES SARGENT. 

Charles Sargent was born in Machias, Me., Nov. 21, 1853. Fitted at 
Washington Academy, East Machias, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872. 
Graduated July 13, 1876. Intended occupation, law. Height, 5 feet 10 inches; 
weight, 160 pounds. 

He roomed first with Whitcomb in south end of Appleton Hall, afterwards 
with Waitt, '76, in the south end of Maine Hall. 

He was one of the stocky, muscular men of the class, and was a member of 
the Boat Club, Baseball Association, Athletic Association, Rho Upsilon, Athe- 
naean, and Psi Upsilon. He pulled No. 2 on the Sophomore crew, and No 2 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 153 

on the college crew which entered the Saratoga regatta in his Junior year, and 
No. 2 on the provisional crew in his Senior year. Took first prize in the two- 
mile run on the third field day, Oct. 30, 1875. He took part in the Sophomore 
prize declamation, June 29, 1874; subject, "The Death Penalty": in the Senior 
and Junior exhibition, Dec. 20, 1875; subject, "The Philosophy of Strikes " : in 
the '68 exhibition, and received first prize in English Composition. 

After graduation he began the study of law, which he continued in Portland 
and in Machias until his admission to the Washington County bar in January, 
1879. He then opened an oflfice in Machias, and remained there until 1884, 
when he moved to Portland and entered the dry goods jobbing trade as a 
member of the firm of Bolster, Sargent & Co. In July, 1887, he left the 
business and went to Machias, remaining until February, 1888, when he formed 
a copartnership with a Mr. Nelson under the firm name of Nelson & Sargent, 
and bought out the "Palmer Shoe Store" of Portland. In 1892 they put the 
business into a corporation and he became president. 

He married, Dec. 20, 1880, Miss Ada M. Leland of Eastport, and has one 
child, — Daniel Sargent, born Aug. 25, 1884. 

IIARUV ROPES SEWALL. 

Hardy Ropes Sewall was born in Newton, Mass., March 18, 1856. Fitted 
at Bath High School, Bath, Me., and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. Graduated 
July 13, 1876. Intended occupation, engineering. 

He was a member of the Peucinian, Zeta Psi, Bowdoin Telegraph Associa- 
tion, Bowdoin Telegraph Company, and the Cleaveland Scientific Association. 
He was second director of the Bowdoin Telegraph Association in his Junior 
year, and secretary of the Cleaveland Scientific Association in his Senior year. 

The fall after graduation he was employed in an engineer's office in 
Charlestown, Mass., and removed to Albany, N. Y., during the winter of 1887, 
when he entered the employ of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company and 
the American District Telephone Company. He was also employed by the 
National Associated Press of New York as reporter of legislative proceedings 
during the annual sessions of the State Legislature. In 1878 he was appointed 
chief operator and given full charge of the plant of the District Telegraph 
Company of Albany, N. Y. He continued in the employ of the District Tele- 
graph Company till the fall of 1883, when he resigned to accept a similar posi- 
tion with the District Telegraph Company of New York. Shortly afterwards he 
accepted an easier and more favorable position in Elizabeth, N. J., but was 
obliged to resign after a few weeks of service on account of ill health. He 
returned home and died on April 17, 1884. 



154 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

He married, Nov. 2, 1881, Miss Lillie R. Rockfeller of Bath-on-the-Hudson, 
N. Y., who, with one child, born July 16, 1883, survives him. 



EULOGY ON HARDY ROPES Sp:WALL. 

EV. E. B. NEWCOMB. 

I realize how inadequate I am to undertake the framing of a proper record, 
for the pages of our class history, of the life of our departed friend and class- 
mate, H. R. Sewall ; )"et, as this sad duty devolves upon me, I will submit a few 
thoughts concerning him, which have been hastily brought together. 

Hardy Ropes Sewall was born at Newton, Mass., March 18, 1856. His 
parents were Samuel G. Sewall, a graduate of Dartmouth, Class of '46, now a 
practising homoeopathic physician at Skowhegan, Me., and Sarah C. Sewall, nee 
Otis, an accomplished lady of Woburn, Mass. While Hardy was yet an infant 
his parents removed to Augusta, Me., where he passed his early childhood and 
first attended school. The war of the Rebellion breaking out, his father en- 
listed in the iith Maine Volunteers, holding a commission as captain. Hardy, 
wnth his mother, accompanied the regiment first to Yorktown and later to Nor- 
folk, Va., where they remained in camp with Capt. Sewall for several months, 
until the regiment was ordered farther South, when they returned to Augusta. 
In 1869 the family removed to Bath, where Hardy finished his preparations for 
college, entering the Scientific Department of Bowdoin in 1872. 

Concerning his college life we, his classmates, are all familiar. Before en- 
tering Bowdoin he had chosen for his life's work the profession of engineering, 
and while there pursued only such studies as would prepare him for that calling. 

Being blessed with a good memory, and having the power of concentrating 
his mind upon his work, he easily prepared for the classroom. He had no de- 
sire for high rank, however, and was contented with what might be termed an 
average figure. Having a taste for literature, he devoted much of his spare time 
to reading. 

Physically, Hardy was not so strong as his fellows, and there were, perhaps, 
evidences of that fell destroyer, consumption, which in after years ended his life 
just as it had reached the noontide of its usefulness. Nevertheless, he was 
active and energetic, taking a lively interest in gymnastics and outdoor sports, 
showing great proficiency in that direction. 

In temperament, he was gentle, being blessed with a rare amiability of dis- 
position, open-hearted and genial in social intercourse, generous and cordial in 
friendship, modest and unassuming in deportment, carefully considerate of the 
rights and feelings of others, and charitable to the fullest extent of his ability. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 155 

'']6 did not have a member more loyal to its interests than he. He was 
possessed with the same spirit which so strikingly pervaded our class and even 
now binds our hearts together. 

After leaving college, not meeting with immediate success in procuring em- 
ployment in his chosen profession, Hardy went to Albany, N. Y., to accept a 
position with his older brother, Charles H. Sewall, who was then general mana- 
ger for the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, and also superintendent of 
the American District Telegraph Company of that city. Hardy served these 
companies in various capacities, making himself useful to them in whatever de- 
partment he was placed, and winning the esteem of his employers for his faith- 
fulness and ability. The former company carried on the National Associated 
Press of New York, and Hardy was detailed each winter to report the proceed- 
ings of the State Legislature, for which work he was peculiarly adapted. 

In 1878 the District Telegraph Company introduced a system of telephone 
exchange in their city, and Hardy turned his attention to this new enterprise, 
being appointed not only chief operator, but was given full charge of all the 
lines and plant of the company. Having now obtained a comfortable and 
lucrative position, he sought the hand of Miss Lillie R. Rockfeller of Bath-on- 
the-Hudson, was accepted, and on Nov. 2, 1881, was united to her in marriage. 
A daughter, Pearl O. R. Sewall, was born to them July 16, 1883, and was a 
great source of joy to the happy home. 

Hardy continued in the employ of the American District Telegraph Com- 
pany till the fall of 1883, when he resigned to accept a similar position with the 
District Telegraph Company of New York City. His health, which until this 
time had been quite good, now began to fail, and he felt compelled, after three 
months' service, to tender his resignation. Desiring to retain his services, the 
company offered him an easier and more favorable position at Elizabeth, N. J., 
which he with some hesitancy accepted. He held this position only a short time, 
however, being obliged, after a few weeks, to give up business altogether. Then, 
with his family, he went to his father's home at Skowhegan, where, instead of 
gaining, as he and his friends had hoped, he rapidly failed, and after two weeks 
of suffering passed away — a firm believer in the Christian faith — April 17, 
1884, aged 28 years i month. His remains lie buried in the cemeter)' at that 
place, the position being marked by an appropriate tablet. 

Thus is briefly told the life of one of our class who has been taken away. 
Let us unite in extending our heartfelt sympathy to his relatives and friends who 
yet remain ; and may we, as well as they, have faith to believe he is not dead, 
but still lives, and that when our eyes are closed to earth we too, if faithful, shall 
awake in full enjoyment of all the great Creator has in store for us. 



156 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



OIJVER CROCKER STEVEXS. 



Oliver Crocker Stevens was born in Boston, JMass., June 3, 1855, being the 
son of Dr. Calvin Stevens (who was for a while connected with the Class of '43 
in the Maine Medical School and afterwards graduated from the Harvard Medi- 
cal School) and Sophia Tappan Crocker Stevens. He fitted at the Boston Latin 
School and entered college July 12, 1872, graduating with the class July 13, 
1876. Height, 6 feet li inches; weight, 170 pounds. 

His favorite studies were Geometry, Latin, and French. 

He roomed at Mrs. Gatchell's in his Freshman year with Sanford, '76, at 
4 Appleton Hall in his Sophomore year, and at 8 Maine Hall in his Junior and 
Senior years. 

He was a member of the Athensean, Psi Upsilon, Rho Upsilon, Lambda 
Mu, Phi Beta Kappa, Baseball Association, Athletic Association, Telegraph 
Association, and the Cleaveland Scientific Association, and was first sergeant in 
the Bowdoin Cadets. He was orator of the class during his Freshman and 
Sophomore )-ears. He was sent as a delegate from Bowdoin to the Freshman 
Baseball Convention at Springfield, April 5, 1873. In his Junior year he was 
one of the Junior librarians, treasurer of the Boat Club, and third director of the 
Telegraph Association. In his Senior )^ear he was commodore of the Boat Club, 
and president of the Telegraph Association. He was captain and stroke of the 
Freshman boat crew, and second vice-president of the class for the three )^ears 
ending 1879. At the first field day, Nov. 14, 1874, he was timekeeper. 

He took part in the Sophomore prize declamation of June 29, 1874 ; sub- 
ject, "Address in Behalf of the Greeks": in the Senior and Junior exhibition, 
April 5, 1875; subject, "Robespierre to the French" (original translation) : in 
the Junior prize declamation, Julys, 1875; subject, "Shall we Encourage the 
Immigrant" : in the Senior and Junior exhibition, April 3, 1876; subject, "The 
Child is Father to the Man " : and at Commencement he had a philosophical 
disquisition ; subject, " Electoral Rights." 

He was undoubtedly one of the best scholars of the class, and if he had 
been willing to devote himself to hard work he might have won a higher prize, 
though as it was he was a Phi Beta Kappa. He was talented, but felt a repug- 
nance to being called a " dig." He was rather larger than the average in size, 
possessed a dignified bearing and a considerable amount of self-respect, and 
whenever anything appeared common or distasteful to him his feelings at once 
manifested themselves, at times to such an extent as to give the appearance 
of over-fastidiousness, and on this account he was sometimes misjudged by those 
who knew him least. He was not, strictly speaking, either musical or artistic. 
His tastes were classical and literary, and he was a good writer. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 157 

From boyhood Stevens was noted for his great hatred of dirt and of need- 
less destruction. He was particular in matters of neatness, in dress, at the club 
table, and in the order of his room ; and he took pains to have the latter look 
attractive. 

His tastes led him to do several things which caused some amusement 
among his friends. During one term he hired a young " yagger " in town, whom 
the boys designated " Croke's slave," to call daily at his room to fix the fire, 
empty the ashes, black his boots, bring up the water, and, in fact, do any chores 
he might have for him. When the boy was not in school, or when the weather 
was not too stormy, he came up, but when he was needed the most he was non 
est ; though Stevens said the boy was quite faithful, and that many a dark, stormy 
morning he was awakened by seeing the boy's lantern flitting round the room. 
After a while, however, he returned to regulation customs. 

He was sociable in disposition and was wont to entertain his chosen friends 
in his room. He took an active part and was quite prominent in most all col- 
lege affairs. 

Immediately after graduation he commenced the study of law at the Boston 
University Law School, graduating in June, 1879, and also in the office of Hon. 
A. E. Pillsbury, now (1893) attorney general of the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts. At the Commencement of the Boston University he delivered an ora- 
tion on "Legal Ethics." He was admitted to the Suffolk bar the same month 
and immediately went abroad, travelling through England and France. He also, 
with C. A. Perry, '77, went to Algiers and Tunis, and resided in Paris for several 
months. Returning home in March, 1880, he opened an office at No. 53 Dev- 
onshire Street, where he is at the present time. 

In 1878 he was elected assistant secretary of the Bowdoin Alumni Asso- 
ciation of Boston, and is now a member of the Board of Overseers of the college, 
having been elected in 1891. 

A few years ago he and his wife had built and presented to the college a beau- 
tiful organ for King Chapel, to replace the small and unsuitable one already there. 

June 10, 1885, he was married at St. Albans, Vt., to Miss Julie Burnett 
Smith, daughter of Ex-Gov. J. Gregory Smith of that State, and resides in Boston. 
He divides his summers between St. Albans and Buzzard's Bay. 

He has attended about one third of the Commencements, and belongs to 
the Republican party. 

FRED MII.O STIMSON. 

Fred Milo Stimson was born in Waterville, Me., March 17, 1855. Fitted at 
Edward Litde Institute, Auburn, Me., and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. He 
graduated from the Scientific Department July 13, 1876. 



158 BOVVDOIN COLLEGE. 

While in college he roomed at Miss Thompson's, i6 Winthrop Hall, 20 
Appleton Hall, and 13 Maine Hall. His roommate was Rowe, '76. 

His favorite study was Mathematics. 

He was a genial, even-tempered man, was one of the ball players, and also 
entered into the social attractions of the college, such as theatricals, dances, etc., 
and in his Senior year took part in plays in Lemont Hall. 

He was a member of the Athenaean, Psi Upsilon, Rho Upsilon, Boat Club, 
Baseball Association, and Athletic Association. He played first base on the 
Sophomore nine, centre field on the Junior nine, and right field on the Senior 
nine. He was a second lieutenant in the Bowdoin Cadets. Took first prize in 
Mathematics in the Scientific Department, Freshman year. 

While in college he taught one term in the grammar school at Auburn, Me., 
and one term in the high school at Lincoln Centre, Me. 

He was made a member of the firm of J. Stimson & Son of Auburn, Me., 
the January before graduation, where he remained until Jan. i, 1877. 

In February, 1877, ^^ received an appointment on the Cincinnati, Indi- 
anapolis & Lafayette Railroad as travelling auditor, where he remained until 
December, 1879, when he moved to Lafayette, Ind., and went into the grain bus- 
iness. In July, 1880, he was appointed manager of the grain elevators owned 
by the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad, where he 
remained until 1887, when he entered the general brokerage and commission 
business at Cincinnati, O., being a member of the firm of J. W. Hoyt & Co., 
from which firm he has just withdrawn. 

In January, 1892, he was a delegate to the National Board of Trade meet- 
ing at Washington, D. C. 

He is not married, belongs to the Republican party, and has attended about 
four Commencements. 

He is a member of the Lincoln Club of Cincinnati and the Young Men's 
Mercantile Library Association. 

CHARLES SUMNER TAVLOR. 

Charles Sumner Taylor was born in Newcastle, Me., March 3, 1855. He 
fitted at Lincoln Academy, and entered college Jul}' 12, 1872. Graduated July 
13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 4 inches; weight, 128 pounds. 

He played the cornet in the Bowdoin College Brass Band, in the cornet 
band, and in the orchestra. He graduated with a literary disquisition. 

After graduating he taught for some time in Edgecomb, Me. 

After that he was assistant in the high school at Goshen, Elkhart County, 
Ind. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 159 

The secretary has had no late report, and only knows that he has been en- 
gaged in pedagogical work since graduation. 

WILLIAM GAY WAITT. 

William Gay Waitt was born in Pittston, Me., Feb. 8, 1855. Fitted at 
Gardiner High School. Gardiner, Me., and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. 
Graduated July 13, 1876. Weight, 148 pounds. 

While in college he roomed at i Appleton Hall, 13 Maine Hall, 16 Apple- 
ton Hall, with Albert G. Bowie, of '75, and Albert Somes, of '76, and at 12 
Maine Hall, with Sargent, '76. 

He was a member of the Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Chi, and Lambda 
Mu. 

In the Senior year he was historian of the class, and had an oration on Ivy 
Day. He was a well-developed fellow, and one of the plucky leaders around 
whom the class rallied in case of a Sophomore attack, and he continued to 
exercise the same pluck in the Sophomore year. On one occasion during 
Freshman year the Sophomores broke into E. H. Kimball's room, only to be 
met by J. E. Sewall, Waitt, and others standing ready for defence with baseball 
bats. "Aha, clubs they have," said a voice that sounded like that of the de- 
scendant of a certain warlike Puritan, and not being prepared for such active 
work they left forthwith. 

He took part in fostering the social interests of the college, and also took 
an active part in all the athletic sports and games, being a member of the Boat 
Club, Baseball Association, and Athletic Association. He played right field on 
the college nine in his Junior year and centre field in his Senior year; short- 
stop on both the Freshman and Junior nines, and second base on the Senior 
nine. 

On the Junior boat crew he pulled No. 4, and No. 3 on the Senior crew. 
He was sub-leader and instructor of the proficient class, second division, in his 
Freshman year, and first division leader of the second class of proficients in his 
Junior year, and in his Senior year was first director of the Athletic Association. 
On the first field day he entered the baseball throwing match, but did not take a 
prize. He was first director of the second field day, and also of the third. 

In both the Greek and Latin examinations of the Sophomore year he re- 
ceived honorable mention. He took part in the Senior and Junior exhibition of 
Dec. 20, 1875; subject, " Modern Socialism": also in the '68 exhibition of June 
5, 1876; subject, "The Sphere of Political Law." 

He was a good scholar and one of the ten men honored with membership 
in the Phi Beta Kappa at graduation. 



i6o BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

He taught at Mount Vernon, Me., a part of the winter of Sophomore year. 

During the winter of 1876-77 he taught in North Boothbay, Me. 

After leaving this school he moved to Augusta, where he was admitted to 
the bar at the March term, 1878. He was connected with Baker ('36) and 
Baker ('68) of Augusta in the practice of law till September, 1880, when he 
moved to Boston, Mass., where he has practised his profession ever since, having 
an office in the Bovvdoin Building on Milk Street. 

He married Miss Eleanor H. Hunt at Boston, March 17, 1885, and has no 
cliildrcn. He lives at Dorchester, and is a member of the Pine Tree State Club 
of Boston and of the Harvard Improvement Association of Dorchester. 

He has attended about six Commencements, and belongs to the Republican 
party. 

CHARLES GARDNER WHEELER. 

Charles Gardner Wheeler was born in South Danvers, now Peabody, Mass., 
Sept. 21, 1855. Lived and studied before entering college in Peabody, Cam- 
bridge, Mass., Topsham, Me., and Winchendon, Mass. Fitted at Winchendon 
High School, Winchendon, Mass., and entered college July 12, 1872. Graduated 
July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 6^ inches ; w^eight, 135 pounds. 

While in college he lived with his grandfather, Rev. A. D. Wheeler, in Tops- 
ham. He liked the Languages and Literature, disliked and neglected Mathe- 
matics, and devoted the last part of the course to Engineering, Drawing, and 
subjects of that nature, which he studied with much interest. He did not get 
much of the inner college life in consequence of living at so great a distance. 
He did, however, get from five to ten miles a day of pedestrian exercise, of 
which the morning portion was decidedly invigorating when the bell for prayers 
w'as ringing. 

He was fond of outdoor sports, with the exception of the militarj' drill. 
In his Junior year he was second librarian of the Athena?an, of which he was a 
member, and in his Senior )'ear he was orator of the same society. He entered 
the two-mile walk on the second field day, June 5, 1875, but did not take a prize. 
On the third field day, Oct. 30, 1875, he entered the two-mile walk and took 
second prize. 

After graduation he resided for some time in Topsham, and assisted in the 
preparation of a history of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, and then 
moved to Winchendon, Mass., where he has pursued the study of drawing and 
Enolish more or less in connection with his schools, and has devoted much time 
to literary work. He was for two and a half years principal of the high school 
at Winchendon, and Avas teacher of Art and Mechanics in the Murdock School 
at Winchendon in 1887-88-89. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. i6i 

In 1887 he finished and pubUshed a volume of reference, entitled "Who 
Wrote It?" an index to the authorship of the more famous works in ancient and 
modern literature, begun by his uncle, the late William A. Wheeler (Class of 
'53), of the Boston Public Library. He has since published "Familiar Allu- 
sions," a handbook of miscellaneous information, and an historical work of 
reference, entitled " The Course of Empire," and in 1889 compiled an appendix 
to the " Dictionary of Noted Names of Fiction." He gave up literary work on 
account of his health, and at present is engaged in artistic cabinet work in 
Winchendon. 

In 1888-89 he was a member of the school committee of Winchendon. 

He has attended three or four Commencements, the third and tenth, and 
one or two others. 

He is not married, and is a Republican. 

JOHN HENRY WHITE. 

John Henry White was born in Bowdoinham, Me., Dec. 30, 1853. He 
fitted at Nichols Latin School, Lewiston, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872. 
Graduated July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet 10 inches; weight, 147 pounds. 

He was a member of the Athenaean and Bowdoin Baseball Association. In 
his Junior year he was second on the committee of the Athenaean, and secretary 
of the reading-room in his Senior year. He took first prize at the Sophomore 
prize declamation of June 29, 1874 ; subject, " The Famine " : and took part in the 
Junior prize declamation of July 5, 1875 ; subject, "The Polish Boy." 

Since graduation he has been engaged in teaching, having had charge suc- 
cessively of schools in China, Me., and in Somerset and Marshpee, Mass. In 
September, 1881, he was elected head master of the Townsend High School, 
Townsend, Mass., and the position carried with it the office of superintendent 
of schools of the town. He moved to Brooklyn, Conn., in 1886, and became 
principal of the high school. Since then he has been teaching in Essex, Mass. 

He married, Nov. 14, 1877, Miss Clara Alma Blethen of Durham, Me., 
and has had two children, — Laforest Henry White, born May 16, 1880, who died 
September, 1880; and Herbert Linwood White, born at Lisbon Falls, Me., 
Sept. 2, 1885. 

CHARLES AUGUSTUS WHITrEMORE. 

Charles Augustus Whittemore was born in Lisbon, Me., Dec. 4, 1850. 
Fitted at Brunswick High School, Brunswick, Me., and entered college ful)- 12, 
1876. Graduated from the Scientific Department July 13, 1876. 

While in college he lived at home. 



i62 BOVVDOIN COLLEGE. 

His favorite study was Engineering, and he has kept the stud}^ up since 
graduation. 

He was quiet and gentlemanly in manner, and conscientious in the perform 
ance of college work ; but he gave most of his attention to scientific branches, 
and especially Engineering. He graduated with the honorary appointment of 
a disquisition. 

He was a member of the Peucinian and Theta Delta Chi. In the gym- 
nasium he was leader and instructor of the second division of the Senior class. 
Was also first sergeant in the Bowdoin Cadets. 

He taught at Lisbon, Me., in the winter of the Junior year. 

He was on the committee of arrangements of the class for the three years 
ending 1879. 

Eor a short time after graduation he taught at Deer Isle, and w^as subse- 
quently in the employ of the Portland Machine Works, Portland. He then 
went to Mechanics Falls, where he was connected with the Evans Rifle Company 
until September, 1878, when he removed to Michigan. He was then engaged 
as a mechanical engineer in different parts of the State, and in March, 1881, he 
established himself in business as a machinist at Grand Rapids, Mich., where he 
is at the present time. 

He has been treasurer of the Kent Scientific Institute, and chairman of the 
committee on Geology, Mineralogy, and Archaeology, and has written several 
articles on geological subjects. 

He is now curator-elect of the Institute's museum. 

He married, Sept. 24, 1885, Miss Emma E. Melcher of Brunswick, Me., 
and has two children, — girls, — 6 and 5 years old. 

He has not been able to attend any of the Commencements since 1878. 

He belongs to the Republican party, and is a Baptist. 

BION WILSON. 

Bion Wilson was born in Thomaston, Me., April 21, 1855. Eitted at 
Thomaston High School, Thomaston, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872. 
Graduated in the Scientific Department July 13, 1876. Height, 5 feet lo.]- 
inches; weight, 150 pounds. 

His favorite studies were Political Economy, Zoology, Physiology, German, 
Erench, Constitutional and International Law. 

The first year he roomed at a private house ; Sophomore year with E. V. 
Wright at 26 Winthrop Hall, which was on the second floor Iront, and offered 
an excellent position for Sophomores who wished to experiment in subduing 
Ereshmen by the application of H^ O ; Junior and Senior years alone in the 
same room. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 163 

He was a member of the Athenaean and a corporal in the Bowdoin Cadets. 
In his Senior year he was elected treasurer of the class, and held the position 
until 1879. One season he was confined at home on account of sickness, which 
necessitated much hard work in making up. He was one of the members of 
the class who enjoyed the social side of college life, was a manager of some of 
the dances, and was also on the committee of the dance on the green at the 
Commencement of 1876. 

After graduation he commenced the study of law with his father and finished 
with Eben F. Pillsbury of Augusta. He was admitted to the Kennebec bar at 
the March term of 1878. Opened an office May 10, 1878, with James W. Brad- 
bury ('25) and remained with him until March i, 1879, when he formed a co- 
partnership for the practice of law with Herbert M. Heath ('72)- He practised 
law in Augusta for nine years. Jan. i, 1887, he was appointed deputy surveyor 
of the port of Portland and Falmouth, and served for three years, and was act- 
ing surveyor for five months of said time. He was treasurer and manager of a 
publishing house at Portland for two years, but the business not proving as suc- 
cessful as was anticipated, he assisted in settling up the affairs of the company, 
and has since been engaged in private business matters in Boston. His con- 
nection with corporation and financial affairs has fitted him to fill any such re- 
sponsible positions which he may in the future accept. At present he is not in 
business, but expects soon to be engaged again in active work. 

In June, 18S0, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention 
held at Cincinnati, O., and in 1882 was the nominee of the Democratic party for 
county attorney of Kennebec County, Me. 

He was one of a number in our class who proved that Brunswick's attrac- 
tions were not confined alone to the classic halls of learning. It has given to 
many alumni loving hearts as well as stores of wisdom, and on June 4, 1879, he 
married Miss Jennie M. Sweat of Brunswick, Me., and has two children, — Elise, 
born Sept. 30, 1886, and Edmund, born Sept. 12, 1890, — and resides in Port- 
land, Me. 

He is a member of the Falmouth Club of Portland, being one of the organ- 
izers, and serving on the executive committee from 1888 to 1890. 

He has attended six Commencements, belongs to the Democratic party, 
and is a Unitarian in his relio^ious belief. 

Since the above was written he has been appointed (May 16, 1893), by the 
Comptroller of the Currency, national bank examiner for Maine. We quote 
the loUowing from the Portland Argus of May 18: — 

I'he Argi/s takes pleasure in ann amcing this morning tiie appointment by the President of 
Bion Wilson, F^sq , of this city to be United States bank examiner for Maine. Mr. Wilson is a son 
of the late Hon. Edmund Wilson, for so many years a leading Democrat in this State. He was 



1 64 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

graduated from Bowdoin College in the Class of 1876. After graduating he studied law in Augusta 
in the office of Hon. James W. Bradbury, and was admitted to the Kennebec bar in 1878. He was 
a delegate to the Democratic National Convention held in Cincinnati in June, 1880. During a 
part of President Cleveland's former administration Mr. Wilson held the office of deputy surveyor 
in the Portland custom house. He is of good address, well acquainted with the workings of bank- 
ing institutions, and of keen business perceptions generally. That he will make a faithful and 
efficient bank examiner may confidently be predicted. 

FRANK VERNON WRIGHT. 

Frank Vernon Wright was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 13, 1855. Fitted at 
Public Latin School, Boston, Mass., and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. Gradu- 
ated July 13, 1876. Intended occupation, law. Height, 5 feet 8 inches; 
weight, 143 pounds. 

He roomed out the first term with Merrill, '76, the next two terms with 
Parker, '76, at Mrs. Hale's, Sophomore year with Wilson, '76, at 26 Winthrop 
Hall; and in Junior and Senior years he roomed out alone at Capt. Street's. 

He was a member of the Peucinian and the Baseball Association. He was 
third editor of the Peiicinian in his Sophomore year ; second librarian of the 
Peucinian in his Junior year; first librarian, and first on the committee of the 
Peucinian, and president of the reading-room in his Senior year; and was also a 
member of Company A, Bowdoin Cadets. 

In Freshman year he was substitute on the college nine, and pitcher, short- 
stop, and centre fielder on class nine ; was shortstop on college nine during his 
Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years; also shortstop on Sophomore nine, and 
catcher on Junior and Senior nines. When he was a post-graduate he played 
shortstop and third base on the college nine. 

He was a substitute on class crew, acted as coxswain of the college crew 
in practice a large part of the time, and had a single wherr)-. In the gymnasium 
he was a member of the proficient class. He and Marrett took Calculus with 
the engineers as an elective in the place of Logic. 

Wright, or "Billy," as he was sometimes called, enjoyed roaming about the 
country, and frequently went with Marrett, '76, on long tramps through the 
Topsham woods and elsewhere. He was energetic, reliable, and never afraid to 
express his opinions. 

From the time he entered college it was evident that our number was 
increased by a man who was deeply interested in the athletic and friendly side 
of college life. Active in baseball throughout his course, he still continued to 
help the nine after graduation. 

An earnest supporter of field day, he made some records that even now 
look well, notwithstanding the record-breaking of recent )'ears. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 165 

He has always been interested in the annual college gatherings, and as a 
member of the Boston Bowdoin Club and the Alumni Association of Boston his 
face is familiar to all. 

To him in a large measure is due the change in the election of overseers. 
To accomplish this he worked hard and drafted a bill which would undoubtedly 
have been the foundation for legislative action, had not the desired change been 
brought about by other means. 

The year following graduation he pursued a post-graduate course of study 
at Bowdoin College. He then began the study of law in Salem, Mass., in the 
office of Judge G. F. Choate (1843). ^^ November, 1878, he entered the office 
of Ives & Lincoln in Salem, and was admitted to the Essex bar in October, 1879. 
He went to New York City in the fall of 1879, and returned to Salem, Decem- 
ber, 1879, and opened an office on Washington Street, Jan. i, 1880, since which 
time he has continued in the practice of his profession, being a hard and indus- 
trious worker. In February, 1880, he was elected clerk of committee on ac- 
counts of the city of Salem. He was also private law clerk to Judge Endicott of 
the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. He was chairman of the committee for 
publishing the Boston Alumni records. 

He was led to settle in Salem for several reasons: his mother passed her 
girlhood there, and there his parents were married ; and he, therefore, had many 
friends and relatives in the city ; he also thought it offered a better chance for 
a young lawyer than Boston ; and, thirdly, there were a number of Bowdoin men 
there, several being lawyers, with one of whom, Judge Choate, he commenced 
the study of his chosen profession. Among other Bowdoin men in Salem were 
Hon. W. D. Northend, William Northend, Dr. J. P. Fessenden, Hon. Jairus 
Perry, William Perry of '77, Nevins of '75, and Kimball of '76; and Rev. 
George C. Cressey of '75 has since taken charge of the First Church, a posi- 
tion formerly occupied by another Bowdoin man, Rev. James T. Hewes, '57. 

He married. May 8, 1886, Miss Cornelia L. Pennell of Brunswick, Me., and 
has one child, — Frank V. Wright, Jr., born at Hamilton, Mass., March 26, 1890. 



NON-GRADUATES OF THE CLASS. 

ALMON ETHAN ANDREWS. 

Almon Ethan Andrews was born in Biddeford, Me., May 21, 1850. Fitted 
for college at Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, and entered Aug. 29, 
1872. Left July, 1873 (end of the Freshman year). Intended occupation, 
medicine. Height, 5 feet 9^ inches; weight, 135 pounds (July, 1876). 



1 66 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. 

Immediately after leaving college he began the stud)' of medicine, entering 
the Harvard Medical School, where he remained one year. He then attended 
the Portland Medical School for one year, and graduated from the Bowdoin 
Medical School in 1877. He immediately received an appointment to the Maine 
General Hospital, but in March of the next year he opened an office at Upper 
Bartlett, N. H. 

He died Sept. 30, 1S78. 

EULOGY ON ALMON ETHAN ANDREWS. 

BY C. G. BCRNHAM. 

Almon Ethan Andrews was the son of William and Lavina (Smith) An- 
drews. He was born in the city of Biddeford, Me., May 21, 1850. His life was 
mainly spent at the home of his parents, where also he died. 

He was a scholar in the city schools until he went to the Maine Wesleyan 
Seminary, Kent's Hill, Readfield, where he remained through a three years' 
course, graduating June, 1871. He did not prepare himself wholly for college 
at Kent's Hill. The substantial part of his preparation in Greek was done in a 
few months' time before his examination at Bowdoin. Aug. 29, 1872, he en- 
tered college, and for one year was our classmate. He obtained the Sophomore 
ticket, but did not return to join his class at the beginning of the second year. 

Leaving college he began the study of medicine, to which he was very 
strongly inclined, and in which he manifested great interest. For one year he 
was connected with the Harvard Medical School, entering October, 1874. His 
second year of study was passed at the Portland, Me., School of Medicine, and 
he received his diploma from the Bowdoin Medical School, graduating in the 
Class of '77. He immediately received an appointment to the Maine General 
Hospital, but in March of the next year he began to practise at Upper Bartlett, 
N. H., and was but pleasantly and prosperously established when he was taken 
sick and was obliged to return to his father's home at Biddeford. He died there 
Sept. 30, 1878, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, a short distance from the 
city. 

His connection with our class was short, yet he gained the good-will of 
its members and the affection of those who were brous^ht into more intimate 
relations with him ; and his withdrawal from college was sincerely lamented. 
His genial manner, quick appreciation of wit, and read)' story gave him a wel- 
come and made him a most agreeable companion. 

His character had many noble traits. He was generous, appreciative of 
others' good qualities, warm-hearted, sincere, true to his friends, and loyal to his 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 167 

convictions of right and duty. Several years before entering college he made a 
profession of religion and united with a Congregational church, and his subse- 
quent life was marked by an earnest purpose to be true to the high principles of 
life he believed. His religious hopes and belief gave him comfort and peace 
during his sickness, and took away the fear of dying. 

He died at the age of twenty-eight, just as many of his long-cherished 
hopes and plans were about to be realized, and when he was entering upon the 
practice of his chosen profession with many signs of success and future honor. 
These bright prospects were well earned by him, and they made his early death 
seem particularly sad, even untimely, if we do not think of a Providence wisely 
directing human affairs. 

The death of so promising and worthy a son and brother was a most severe 
sorrow to the members of his family. A large circle of friends and acquaint- 
ances shared in their grief, and with them sincerely mourn his loss and cherish 
his memory. 

Resolutions were adopted at the class meeting, July 7, 1880, and appear in 
the records of that meeting. 

DANIEL WEBB BROOKHOUSE. 

Daniel Webb Brookhouse was born in Middleton, Mass., Aug. 23, 1853. 
Fitted at Peabody High School, and entered college September, 1872. Left 
January, 1875. 

He was a member of Lambda Mu, and of the Cleaveland Scientific Associa- 
tion, of which he was vice-president in his Junior year. 

He was a wonderful mathematician, and well informed on other subjects. 
He left during the Junior year to engage in business, and was, at last accounts, 
in F"itzroy, Australia, engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. 

RALPH HEM MEN WAY, JR. 

Ralph Hemmenway, Jr., was born in Wellington, Me., May i, 1855. He 
fitted for college at Waterville Classical Institute, Waterville, Me., and entered 
July 12, 1872. He left June, 1874. Litended occupation, law. Height, 6 feet ; 
weight, 160 pounds. 

He was a member of the Athen^ean and the Athletic Association, and in 
his Sophomore year he was third librarian of the Athenaean. 

After leaving college he taught school in Garland, Exeter, Corinth, and 
Brownville. In the spring of 1876 he went West. While out West he taught 
school in St. Paul, Minn., and studied law in Minneapolis. He has also can- 



1 68 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

vassed, and been agent for die New York Life Insurance Company. He was in 
Beloit, Wis., Moline, 111., and by the last report in business at Davenport, la. 

CH.\RI.ES EGBERT KNIGHT. 

Charles Egbert Knight was born in Wiscasset, Me., March i6, 1854. 
Fitted at Wiscasset High School, and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. Left the 
class November, 1872, and graduated from Bowdoin in the Class of 1877. 
Height, 5 feet 8 inches; weight, 140 pounds. 

He was a member of the Bowdoin College Orchestra, College Glee Club, 
and Brass Band. 

After graduating was employed as assistant in the office of the clerk of 
courts for Lincoln County, and read law at the same time. In April, 1880, he 
was appointed trial justice for Lincoln Count}'. At present he is engaged in 
the grain and grocery business in Wiscasset with his father, J. M. Knight. 

He married, June 10, 1880, Miss Carrie B. Dodge of Wiscasset, and has 
one child, — J. M. Knight, born Aug. 10, 1881. 

JEREMIAH MILLAV. 

Jeremiah Millay was born in Bowdoinham, Me., April 30, 185 i. He fitted 
at Nichols Latin School, Lewiston, Me. Entered college July 12, 1872, and left 
at the end of the second term of the Freshman )'ear. Intended occupation, law. 
Height, 5 feet 11 inches; weight, 140 pounds. 

Soon after leaving college he commenced the study of law, and was ad- 
mitted to the Sagadahoc bar. He then began the practice of law in Bath, Me., 
in the office of Mr. Spaulding. Soon after he opened an office for himself in 
Bath, Me., and in January, 1880, went into partnership with E. H. Kimball. 
Left the profession in the spring of 1880 and entered the ice business. In the 
summer of 1880 he left the ice business and moved to Richmond, Me., where 
he opened a law office. Soon after he went West and settled at Phoenix, Ari., 
where he is practising law at the present time. 

He married, Sept. 5, 1878, Miss Margarette E. Hine of Richmond, Me. 

MARTIN S. MCNULTV. 

Martin S. McNulty was born in Pordand, Me., Aug. i, 1853. Fitted at 
Oberlin, O., North Bridgton, and Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Me., and en- 
tered college Aug. 29, 1872. .Left at the end of the second term of the Fresh- 
man year. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 169 

He was a member of the Athenaean. 

Immediately after leaving college he went West. He has dug gold in the 
Black Hills and travelled all over the Western States and Territories. At last 
he settled down in Kansas City and entered local politics. He is a Democrat. 
We have no recent records. 



ALBERT SOMES. 

Albert Somes was born in Wiscasset, Me., Dec. 17, 1853. Fitted at the 
Wiscasset High School, Wiscasset, Me., and entered college July 12, 1872. 
Left December, 1874, and graduated in the Class of '']']. Height, 5 feet 6 
inches; weight, 140 pounds. 

While in college he roomed at 15 Appleton Hall. 

He liked Latin, Chemistry, and Political Economy, and since graduation he 
has pursued them to some extent. 

He was a member of the Zeta Psi, and in his Junior year he was treasurer 
of the class. He taught school at Topsham a part of the Junior year, and at 
Boothbay a part of the Senior year. 

He played second violin in the College Orchestra, was a member of the 
Cornet Band, the College Brass Band, the Brass Quartet, and was first tenor 
in the '76 Glee Club. 

Immediately after graduating he went into the office of the Kennebec Land 
and Lumber Company, as bookkeeper. Remained there six months, and then 
went to Waldoboro, Me., as principal of the high school. In the spring of 1878 
returned to Wiscasset, as principal of the high school. Remained there one 
year, and then moved to Salmon P'alls, N. H., as principal of the high school. 
In the summer of 1884 he accepted an invitation from the trustees of Berwick 
Academy to become principal of that school, and in September, 1884, he moved 
to South Berwick, Me. At present he is principal of the high school at Man- 
chester, N. H. He received the degree of A. M. from Bowdoin College at the 
last Commencement. 

He was married to Miss Nellie A. Dodge of Wiscasset, Me., April 18, 1878, 
and has three children, — George Frederick, born June 28, 1880; Helen Dodge, 
born April i, 1882; and Mary Averill, born Aug. 10, 1885. 

He has not attended any of the Commencements on account of his school 
graduation being the same week. 

He belongs to the Republican party, and is a member of the Congregational 
Church. 



I/O BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

WILLIAM SOUTMER. 

William Souther was born in Fryeburg, Me., Feb. 2, 1854. Fitted at 
Fryeburg Academy, and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. Left last of the first 
term of the Sophomore year. While in college he roomed at 28 Maine Hall. 
His favorite study was Mathematics. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi. 
He was on the Freshman boat crew at No. 3, and was stroke on the Sophomore 
crew. Was also on the university crew, and in the '"j;^ race at Springfield, 
Mass. 

For five years he farmed and lumbered in Maine, then went West, and for 
five years was in the sheep business in Washington and Oregon. Was for 
seven years superintendent of the New Hampshire Cattle Company, and still 
holds that position. At present he is in the grocery and grain business in 
Crawford, Neb., and also buys and feeds cattle, and ships them from W)'oming 
and Nebraska to the Chicago and Omaha markets. 

He married Miss Mabel G. Mcintosh of Ypsilanti, Mich., and has no 
children. 

He has not attended any of the Commencements, and is a Republican. 

HORACE RUSSELL STURGIS. 

Horace Russell Sturgis was born in Augusta, Me., Nov. 3, 1855. Fitted 
at Augusta High School, and entered college Aug. 29, 1872. Left at the first 
term of the Junior year. 

He was a member of the Peucinian, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and of the 
Bowdoin Boat Club. 

Soon after leaving college he went abroad and travelled for about a year, 
when he returned to Augusta. In the summer of 1876 he went abroad again 
and travelled for about four months in England, Ireland, and Scotland. After 
returning the second time he became interested in business with his father, 
having personal charge of a large farm in Vassalboro, Me. 

JOSEPH ELLIS SEWALL. 

Joseph Ellis Sewall was born in Bath, Me., March 14, 1854. Fitted for 
college at Bath High School, and entered July 12, 1872. Left during the last 
term of the Freshman year. 

He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi and Lambda Mu. 

In his Freshman year he was president of the class, third director of the 
Baseball Association, played second base on the college nine, captain and first 
base on the Freshman nine, and was bow of the Freshman crew. 



BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS. 171 

Immediately after leaving college he went to sea, and in December, 1878, 
he was made first mate of the ship " El Capitan " of Bath, Me., Capt. Lincoln 
commanding. In 1880 he was made captain of the " Oriental " of Bath, Me., and 
in 1884 captain of the " Susquehanna." 

He married, June 21, 1882, Miss Sarah Lambert Lincoln of Bath, Me., and 
has one child, — a girl, — born at Palmer, Mass., Dec. 29, 1884, on the way from 
New York to Bath, Me. 

CHARLES WILBUR WHITCOMB. 

Charles Wilbur Whitcomb was born in Boston, Mass., July 31, 1855. 
Fitted at the Public Latin School, Boston, Mass., and entered college July 12, 
1872. Left June, 1874, and graduated from Dartmouth College in the Class of 
'76. Height, 6 feet; weight, 163 pounds. 

He was a member of the Psi Upsilon, Rho Upsilon, and Lambda Mu. He 
played second base on the Freshman nine, and left field on the Sophomore 
nine. 

In November, 1876, he went to Germany to study law and journalism. 
During the fall and winter of 1877-78 he was in Paris. Returned home in the 
summer of 1878, and entered the law school of the Boston University in Jan- 
uary, 1879. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar at the February examination. 
He was a member of the Boston City Council from Ward 18 during the years 
1884-86. He was a candidate for the Governor's Council from the fourth coun- 
cillor district of Massachusetts, November, 1885, but was defeated in a strong 
Democratic district. In 1886 he was appointed fire marshal, which position he 
has since held. 

He is at present engaged in the practice of his profession in Boston, Mass. 

EDGAR YATES. 

Edgar Yates was born in Biddeford, Me., March i, 1856. He fitted at the 
Portland High School, Portland, Me., entered college July 12, 1872, and left 
July, 1874. 

He roomed the first term of Freshman year with Parker at Mrs. Hale's on 
Bath Street, and then at 3 Appleton Hall with Morrill, '76. 

He was a member of the Peucinian, Zeta Psi, and the College Cornet Band, 
and in his Sophomore year he was third librarian of the Peucinian. He took 
part in the Sophomore prize declamation of June 29, 1874; subject, "Absalom." 

In the winter of Sophomore year he taught at South Bridgton. 

For a few years after leaving college he taught school, and then worked as 
a compositor on the Providence Joitrnal and Boston Advertiser. His occa- 



1/2 • BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

sional contributions to the columns of the latter paper attracted the attention of 
the editor-in-chief, and he was asked to become a member of the editorial staff. 
In 1887 he left the Advei'tiser and joined the editorial staff of the Boston Globe. 
Here he remained until the spring of 1892, when his health became impaired by 
the telling strain of newspaper work, and he was obliged to relinquish it for a 
while. A sea voyage was taken, which benefited him considerably. At present 
he is teaching in Portland, Me., intending to return to newspaper work. 

By permission we quote from a recent letter to a friend, in which he says 
regarding himself: "Burning the midnight incandescent lamp has told upon me 
somewhat. When I drop a cent in the slot and scrutinize the dial through my 
spectacles, I see 120 pounds indicated. I have lost about five per cent of my 
hair and thirty per cent of my teeth. Like all good Yankees, I have taken out 
one patent. I am a believer in direct taxation, an optimist from optimopolis, a 
liberal Unitarian in belief, and a researcher in leisure hours in the subject of 
genealogy. I am a queer, dry chunk of humanity, and like to sit and smoke 
my pipe and think." 

He married, Sept. 24, 1879, Miss Flora L. Richmond, daughter of S}'lvester 
and Eliza Richmond of Cape Elizabeth, Me., and has one child, — Edward Mill- 
wood, born Aug. 9, 1889. 

He has attended only two Commencements, and belongs to the Democratic 
party. 




A.L. CROCKER '73 
OF THE COLLEGE CREW 




ELBRIDGE GERRY '74 
CAPTAIN OF PRIZE COMPANY E. 








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D. A. ROBINSON 73 
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CLASS MEETINGS. 



FIRST TRIENNIAL. 



Report of the meeting held at Brunswick, Jul)- 9, 1879, at 9 Winthrop 
Hall: — 

Meeting called to order at 4 p. m., by the first vice-president, E. H. Kimball. 

It was moved and seconded that we have a class punch during the Coni- 
mencement exercises, Thursday. After considerable discussion it was voted 
down. Then proceeded to the election of officers for the following three years. 
Bates moved that the office of secretary be made perpetual. Seconded and 
carried. The committee reported the following names, who were elected to 
fill their respective offices for the three years ending 1882 : — 

President, E. H. Kimball; first vice-president. Hill ; second vice president, 
Clark; third vice-president, Evans; secretary (perpetual), Parker; treasurer, 
Rowe ; committee on arrangements, Payson, Marrett, Sanford. Officers for the 
triennial supper, — toastmaster, E. H. Kimball; chorister, Hill; presentation of 
class cup, Bates. 

Moved to adjourn, and carried. 

The class supper was held at the Tontine Hotel, Thursday evening, fuly 10, 
1879, at 9.30 p. M. 

Divine blessing was invoked by Burnham. 

After the repast the president rapped to order and announced that the 
presentation of the cup was in order. Bates announced that neither the father 
nor the baby was present. He said the cup belonged to Edward Adams Kim- 
ball, born March 29, 1879, the son of F". R. Kimball. The cup, after being 
passed around the table, was handed to Parker, the late chairman of the com- 
mittee on arrangements, to be presented to Kimball. The toasts were next in 
order as follows : " '76," Bates ; " x*\lma Mater," Sanford ; " Law," Payson ; " Med- 
icine," Payne ; " Theology," Burnham ; " Business Men," Parker ; " Ladies," Alden. 

Various other toasts were proposed, drunk, and answered. During the 
dinner Mr. Osgood, of the governor's staff, sent in a box of cigars, which were 
passed around the table. A vote of thanks was returned to the gentleman. A 
congratulatory message was sent to '74, who were dining in the house. Sing- 
ing interpersed the toasts, and the exercises closed a little after midnight by 
singing " Auld Lang Syne." The class then formed and marched to the front 



CLASS MEETINGS. 



175 



of the hotel, where the class cheer was given, and a cheer for '74. They then 
marched to the depot and cheered members leaving on the " Midnight." Then 
marched to the Chapel, stopping to cheer the president of the college on the 
way, sang, and ga\'e class cheer, three times three. 

The following members were present at the supper : Alden, Payson, San- 
ford, Wright, Waitt, E. H. Kimball, Parker, Clark, Burnham, Robinson, Libby, 
Morrill, Merrill, Wheeler, Newcomb, Bates, Pa)ne, Rowe, Wilson, and Marrett. 



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THE CLASS BABY 

EDWARD ADAMS KIMBALL 

BORN MARCH 29,1879 



THE SECRETARY'S CHILDREN 




THE CHAIRMAN'S DAUGHTER 
MISS BLANCHE PARSONS 



REPRESENTATIVE CHILDREN OF '76 



The above, together with Atwood, Evans, Gordon, Hill, Leavitt, Perry, 
Pratt, and White, were present during Commencement week, 1879. 

Report of the meeting held at I)runs\vick, July 7, 1880, at 8 Maine Hall : — 

Meeting called to order at 4 r. m., b)' Pres. E. H. Kimball. 

The question of quorum coming up, it was decided by the Chair that a 
quorum should consist of a majorit)' of those in town. The secretary stated that 



176 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

the meeting was called to raise some money for the treasury to meet the current 
expenses, to take action towards printing a record of the class, and also to talk 
over the expediency of starting a class fund. It was moved that, as the secretary 
had not published a report at our last triennial, it be deferred until our next in 
1882. Seconded and carried. Stevens moved to assess each member one dol- 
lar to pay current expenses until 1882 at least. Stevens's motion was seconded 
and carried. Stevens moved that a committee of three, consisting of Burnham, 
E. H. Kimball, and Parker, be appointed to talk with members of the class con- 
cerning a class fund. The secretary, being called upon to speak in reference to 
the class fund, replied that such a fund should be starteci and carried out by the 
class. With such a fund the secretary would always have money at his com- 
mand to carry on his correspondence, to print annual notices, reports, etc., and 
w^hen time arrived the class history. It could also be used to defray the ex- 
pense of dinners at the triennial celebrations. The interest of the fund could 
be used in assisting any members of the class, should they ever come to want, 
and also assist the children of any member in obtaining an education. It could 
also be used in making small gifts to the college at any time the class so chose, 
and after all had departed it would ultimately revert to the college. Burnham 
moved that a committee be appointed to draft resolutions on Gordon, who died 
Jan. 13, 1880. Seconded and carried. 

The president appointed Burnham, Stimson, and Stevens. Stevens having 
declined, Parker was appointed in his place. Stevens moved that the same com- 
mittee draft resolutions on A. E. Andrews, who died Sept. 30, 1878. Seconded 
and carried. The secretary reported that he had written 118 letters and postals, 
and received 71 answers. 

Moved to adjourn. Seconded and carried. 

The following members were present during the week: Alden, Burnham, 
Evans, E. H. Kimball, Knight, Morrill, Parsons. Parker, Rowe, Stevens, Stim- 
son, Sturgis, Taylor, Waitt, and Wilson. 

Resolutions passed b)' the class : — 

ORIVILLE CLARK GORDON. 
Born March, 1845, Chesterville, Me. Died Jan. 13, 1880, Chesterville, Me. 

Whereas, Our Divine Father has removed one of our number, Oriville C. (lordon, from the 
scene of earthl)' activity, 

Resolved, That we, members of the Class of '76, deeply mourn the loss of our classmate, and 
assure the family and friends of our departed brother of our respect and friendship for him, and of 
our sympathy for them in their sorrow. 



CLASS MEETINGS. 



// 



Resolved, That copies of this be sent to the family and friends of our classmate, and one in- 
serted in the Bowdoin Orient. 

C. G. BuRNHA^r, ~) 

A. T. Parker, - Coiinnittee of Class. 

F. M. S-riMSON, ) 

Bowdoin College, July 7, 1880. 

ALMON ETHAN ANDREWS. 

Born May 21, 1850, Biddeford, Me. Died Sept. 30, 1878, Biddeford, Me. 

As Divine I'roviilence has taken Dr. Almon K. Andrews from this life, we, members of the 
Class of '76, desire to offer this tribute to the memory of one who, for a short time only, was of our 
number, and thereby express the high regard in which we held him as classmate and friend, our 
appreciation of his manly and Christian character, and our sorrow at his death. To his relatives 
and friends, to whom he was endeared by closer tits than bind clasimatts, we offer our sympathy 
ill their sorrow. 

C. G. BURNHAM, ) 

A. 1'. Park.fr, - Comiiiiltce of Class. 

F. M. SllMSON, 3 

Bowdoin College, July 7, 1880. 

Report of the meeting held at Brunswick, July 14, 188 1, at 8 Appleton 
Hall: — 

Meeting- called to order by Pres. E. H. Kimball at 10 a. m. 

On motion of Payson, E. H. Kimball was elected secretary pro lem. 
Records of the last meeting read and approved. Report of a committee con- 
sisting of Burnham, Parker, and Stimson, appointed July 7, 1880, to draft reso- 
lutions upon A. E. Andrews and O. C. Gordon, deceased, read and accepted, 
and the resolutions adopted. Uijon motion of Burnham it was \-oted that a 
majorit)- of the members of the class in town constitute a quorum at the time of 
our anntial meeting. Upon motion of Payson it was voted that the matter of 
the report of the secretary to the class during the next year be left entirely to 
the discretion of the secretary. Upon motion voted that the second triennial 
of our class be celebrated by a class supper, and that the arrangements for it be 
lelt in the hands of the committee on arrangements (Pa)'son, Marrett, Sanford) 
and the secretary. Rowe handed in his resignation as treasurer, and it was 
accepted. Upon motion of Rowe, Parker was elected treasiu'er. Upon motion 
voted that for sake of convenience the office of secretary and treasurer be com- 
bined in one. Vote of thanks was passed to the secretary and also to the gentle- 
men who gave to the class the use of their room for the meeting. 

Adjourned tmtil Conimencement, 1882. 

The following members were present during the week: Alden, Clark, 



178 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 

Burnham, Hill, Jameson, E. H. Kimball, Morrill, Perry, Pratt, Payson, Rowe. 
(Marrett was in town, but not present at the meeting.) 

Commencement day, July, 1882, a few of the class assembled, and, althouoh 
no formal meeting was held, it was decided b)' those present that the history of 
the class should not be published until 1886; that as the term of the present 
officers had expired, the appointment of their successors should be left in the 
hands of the secretary; and that those thus chosen should serve until 1886. It 
was also decided that we celebrate our dec'_'nnial b\' a dinner, and such other 
exercises as the officers of the class shall decide upon. 

The following" members were present during the week: Alden, Atwood, 
Burnham, E. H. Kimball, Marrett, Morrill, Parker, Pratt, Prince, Rowe, Stimson, 
White, and Wrio^ht. 

No meeting of the class was held during Commencement week, 1883. The 
secretar)- up to this time had appointed no officers, as voted the year before, as 
there was no need of such officers. 

The following members were present during the week : Atwood, Clark, 
Hawes, E. H. Kimball, Libby, Morrill, Payson, Pratt, Rowe, Sanford, Stimson, 
Stevens, Waitt, White, Wright, and W^ilson. 

No meeting of the class was held during Commencement week, 1884. 

The following were present during the week: Burnham, E. H. Kimball, 
Morrill, Parker, Payson, Rogers, Rowe, Waitt, and White. 

An informal meeting- was held at Brunswick, June 25, 1885, at 7 Maine 
Hall. It was agreed by those present that the organization of the class remain 
the same, and that Morrill and Payson act with the secretar)- as a committee of 
arrangements for the decennial dinner next )ear. 

The following members were present during the week: Burnham, Clark, 
Leavitt, Morrill, Parker, and Wright. 

An informal meeting of the class was held before the decennial dinner at 
the Falmouth, June 23, 1886. It was voted that the affairs of the class still be 
left in the hands of the secretary. At six o'clock the members sat down to 
dinner. Stevens presided, and each one present was called on to speak. 
Evans read an account of the life of O. C. Gordon ; Newcomb, one of H. R. 
Sewall; and Leavitt, one of C. S. Andrews. The dinner was a great success, 
the boys not separating until four o'clock in the morning. It Avas voted to have 
another reunion in five years ; also voted that the eulogies delivered be given to 
the secretary to publish. During the evening congratulations were sent to '61, 
the w^ar class, dining in an adjoining room. 

The following were present at the dinner: Evans, Hall, E. H. Kimball, 
Leavitt, Morrill, Newcomb, Parker, Payson, Payne, Rowe, .Sanford, Stevens, 
Stimson, Waitt, Wright, Wilson, and Wheeler. 



CLASS MEETINGS. 



179 



Thursday morning the members went to Brunswick to attend Commence- 
ment exercises and the annual dinner of the akmini. 

At the chnner Morrill was called on to respond for the class. His speech 
was well received. 

Present at Brunswick besides those at the dinner were Atvvood, Burnham, 
Clark, and White. 

No meeting was held during Commencement week, 1887. 

Wright was the only member present during the week. 

No regular meeting of the class was held during the time fronn 1887 to 1891. 

The fifteenth anniversary dinner was held at the Falmouth Hotel, June 24, 
i8gi. It was wholly informal. J. E. Sewall was present, it being the first time 
he had met with the class since leaving college in 1873. 

The following were present at the dinner: Atwood, Evans, E. H. Kimball, 
Morrill, Parker, Robinson, J. E. Sewall, Sanford, Waitt, Wilson, Hill, and 
Wright. 




DANIEL rRATl'. 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



LITERARY WORK BY AJKMEERS OL '76. 



NAMES. 

Bates, Arlo. 



Wheeler, C. G. 



La-Meson, C. D. 



Klaihall, ¥. R. 

Clark, C. H. . 
Marret'i, ^\^ H. 



RoLilNSOX, W. A. . 

Sabin, A. H. . . 

burnham, c. b. . 

Wilson, Bion . . 

WHirrEMORE, C. A. 

Newcojib, E. E. . 

Prince, (\. T. .. . 

Parker, A. T. . . 

RowE, W. H. . . 



NAME. 

A I WOOD, T. 
Hates, A. 
Burnham, C. G. 
PLall, H. E. . 



Hill, J. M. 
Knight, C. E. 



W'LIKKS. 

"Patty's Per\ersities," i)ublished in i88j ; "The Pagans," 1884; "The 
Wheel of Fire," 1885; "Berries of the Brier," 18S6; "Sonnets in 
Shadow," 1887; "The PhiHstines," 18S8; "A Book of Nine Tales," 
1891; "The Poet an<l his Self," 1891 ; "Told in the Gate," 1892: 
" Prince Vance ; " newspaper and magazine articles. Editor of the Bos- 
ton Courier. 

" Who ^Vrote It?" an index to the most famous works in ancient and modern 
literature, 1887; "Familiar Allusions:" "The Course of Empire:" 
" Appendix to the Dictionary of Noted Names of Fiction," 1889. 

" F^volution of American Principles of Railroad Location;" " Use of A\'ood 
on Railways and Railway Bridges ; " articles for the Popular Science 
Monthly and Rail/ oad and Engineering Journal. 

" Signs of the Times ; " " Handbook of Marblehead Neck ; " " "Winter Camp- 
ing ; " " Medium of Exchange." 

" Water Analysis for iSanitary Purposes, Chemical and Biological." 

Articles fur JVallace Monthly, American Hone Breeder, Kentucky Stock 
Farm, under the nom-de-phtine " Vision." Also editorial work. 

Articles on educational subjects, especially Swedish Gymnastics. 

Newspaper articles. 

Articles for the American Home Missionary. 

Political and descriptive articles for newspapers. 

Articles on geological subjects. 

On editing committee of " Samuel D.Warren: a Tribute from the People of 
Cumberland Mills," 1888. 

Occasional newspaper articles. 

Literary work for class, college, and Alumni Association. 

Newspaper and magazine articles. 

MUSICIANS OF THE CLASS. 

musical organization. 
Bowdoin College Cornet Band, snare drum. 

'76 Glee Club, first tenor ; Star and Crescent Quartet, second tenor. 
'76 Glee Club, basso. 
Bowdoin College Cornet Band, first E-flat cornet; Bowdoin Brass Quartet, 

first B-flat cornet; College Glee Club, basso ; '76 Glee Club, baritone ; 

Bowdoin College Orchestra, first cornet ; College Brass Band, first P>flat 

cornet. 
Bowdoin College Cornet Band, B-flat bass ; King Chapel Choir, second 

tenor; '76 Glee Club, second tenor. 
Bowdoin College Orchestra, basso ; College Glee Club, bass ; Bowdoin Brass 

Band, B-flat basso ; Bowdoin College Orchestra, contra basso. 



MUSICIANS OF THE CLASS.— STATISTICS. 



i8i 



NAME. 

Newcomb, E. B. 
Parker, A. T. 
Payson, F. C. . 
Parsons, G. 



Perry, C. A. 
Prait, G. F. 

SOWES, A. 



Taylor, C. S. 



Yates, E. 



jiusiCAL organization. 

Bowdoin Brass Band. 

Bowdoin College Orchestra. 

'76 Glee Club, accompanist. 

Bowdoin College Cornet Band, first E-flat basso; '76 Glee Club, second 
tenor ; Bowdoin College Orchestra, clarinet ; Bowdoin Brass Band, 
first E-flat tuba. 

Bowdoin College Cornet Band, bass drum; '76 Glee Club, basso. 

'76 Glee Club, baritone. 

Bowdoin College Orchestra, second violin ; Bowdoin College Cornet Band, 
B-flat baritone; Bowdoin Brass Quartette, baritone; '76 Glee Club, first 
tenor; Bowdoin College Brass Band, B-flat baritone. 

Bowdoin College Cornet Band, first B-flat cornet ; Bowdoin College Orches- 
tra, second cornet ; Bowdoin Brass Quartette, second B-flat cornet ; Bow- 
doin College Cornet Band, solo B-flat cornet ; Bowdoin College Brass 
Band, first B-flat cornet. 

Bowdoin College Cornet Band, cymbals. 









STATISTICS (July 1 


-Zi i' 


name. 


HEIGHT. 


WEIGHT. 




AGE. 




Alden, W. 


5 ft. 


10^ in. 


170 


lbs. 


20 y. 


ID m. 


24 d. 


Andrews, A. E. 


5 ft- 


9>< in. 


135 


lbs. 


26 y. 


I m. 


22 d. 


Andrews, C. S. 


6 ft. 


I in. 


165 


lbs. 


24 y. 


6 m. 


23 d. 


tAtwood, T. 










2 2 y. 


5 m- 


4d. 


fBates, A. 


5 ft- 


II >^ in. 


154 


lbs. 


257- 


6 m. 


27 d. 


fBrookhouse, D. W. 










22 y. 


1 m . 


20 d. 


Burnham, C. G. 










22 y. 


2 m. 


4d. 


Clark, C. H. 










22 y. 


3 m. 


29 d. 


Evans, 0. C. 


5 ft- 


10 in. 


160 


lbs. 


25 7- 


3 m. 


22 d. 


Gordon, 0. C. 


6 ft. 




180 


lbs. 


31 y- 


3 m. 


23 d, 


Hall, H. E. 


5 ft- 


1 1 in. 


161 


lbs. 


22 y. 


8 m. 




tHawes, C. T. 






140 


lbs. 


2iy. 


10 m. 


29 d. 


Hemmenway, R. 


6 ft. 




160 


lbs. 


iiy. 


2 ra. 


15 d. 


Hill, J. M. 










24 y. 


8 m. 


20 d. 


tjameson, C. D. 


5 ft- 


1 1 Yt^ in. 


145 


lbs. 


21 y. 




II d 


Kimball, E. H. 










21 y. 


10 ra. 


19 d. 


fKimball, F. R. 


5 ft- 


10 14 in. 


154 


lbs. 


23 y- 




3d. 


Knight, C. E. 


5 ft- 


8 in. 


140 


lbs. 


2 2 V' 


4 m. 




Leavitt, J. S. 


5 ft- 


9 in. 


153 


lbs. 


24 y. 


I m. 


8d. 


Libby, J. G. 






150 


lbs. 


21 y. 


7 m. 


6d, 


tMarrett, W. H. 


5 ft- 


9 in. 


168 lbs. 


24 y. 


8 m. 


14 d. 


McNulty, M. 










22 y. 


1 1 m. 


I id. 


tMerrill, G. B. 


5 ft- 


7 in. 


135 


lbs. 


21 y. 


7 m. 


28 d. 


tMillay, J. 


5 ft- 


II in. 


140 


lbs. 


25 y- 


2 m. 


13 d. 


Morrill, J. H. 


5 ft- 


6 in. 


155 


lbs. 


21 y. 


I m. 


10 d, 


fNewcomb, E. B. 


6 ft. 




185 


lbs. 


2iy. 


6 m. 


4d. 



PRESENT OCCUPATION. 

Physician, Duluth, Minn. 

Died Sept. 30, 1878. 

Died April 12, 1883. 

Lawyer, Auburn, Me. 

Editor, Boston Courier. 

Shoe Manufacturer, Australia. 

Cong. Minister, Chicopee, Mass. 

Principal, Academy, Kingston, N. H. 

Business, Portland, Me. 

Died Jan. 13, 1880. 

Lawyer, Damariscotta, Me. 

Business, Bangor, Me. 

Business, Davenport, la. 

Prin. High School, Hyde Park, Mass. 

Professor, State University, Iowa. 

Business, Bath, Me. 

Business, AViscasset, Me. 
Business, Gorham, Me. 
Business, Auburndale, Mass. 
Editor, Boston, Mass. 
Business, Kansas City, Mo. 
Mechanical Engineer, Cleveland, O. 
Lawyer, Phoenix, Ari. 
Lawyer, Auburn, Me. 
Mechanical Eng., Cumberland, Me. 



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BOWDOIN COLLEGE. 



NAME. 

t Parker, A. T. 

Parsons, G. 

Payne, J. H. 

Payson, F. C. 

Perry, C. A. 

Pratt, G. F. 
fPrince, G. T. 

Robinson, VV. A. 

Rogers, A. E. 
tRowe, W. H. G. 
tSabin, A. H. 

Sanford, A. 

Sargent, C. 
tSewall, H. R. 
fSewall, J. E. 

Somes, A. 
tSouther, W. 

Stevens, O. C. 
fStimson, F. M. 
fSturgis, H. R. 

Taylor, C. S. 

Waitt, W. G. 
tWheeler, C. G. 

Whitcomb, C. W. 

White, J. H. 
tWhittemore, C. A. 
fWilson, Bion. 
tWright, F. V. 

Yates, E. 

t Scientific Division. 



HEIGHT. 

5 ft. 5 in 



WEIGHT. 

135 lbs. 22 y. 
7 in. 158^ lbs. 22 y. 
lYz in. 134 lbs. 21 y. 

174 lbs. 



9/4 in. 



5 ft. 

sft- 

5 ft. 

6 ft. 

5 ft- 



5 ft. II J4 in. 
5 ft. 8 in. 



5 ft- 
5 ft- 



1 1>^ in. 
10 in. 



5 ft. 6 



in. 



6 ft. 



1% in. 



5 ft- 4 



in. 



5 ft. 6^ in. 

6 ft. 

5 ft. 10 in. 



5 ft. 10^ 
5 ft- 8 



in. 
in. 



AGE. PRESENT OCCUPATION. 

2 2 d. Business, Middleboro, Mass. 
3 m. 5 d. Business, Cairo, 111. 

29 d. Physician, Boston, Mass. 

19 y. 10 m. 9 d. Lawyer, Portland, Me. 

24 y. 3 m. 2 d. Cong. Minister, Hyde Park, Mass. 
170 lbs. 24 y. 3 m. 8 d. Unitarian Minister, Berlin, Mass. 
145 lbs. 21 y. 1 1 m. 20 d. Engineer, Atlantic City, N. J. 

i6ii^ lbs. 21 y. 6 m. 28 d. Teacher, Roxbury, Mass. 

160 lbs. 21 y. 2 m. 20 d. Prof. State College, Orono, Me. 

140 lbs. 23 y. 4 m. 23 d. Business, Springfield, Mass. 

25 y. 2 m. 24 d. Chemist, Long Island City, N. Y. 
160 lbs. 20 y. 6 d. Lawyer, Boston, Mass. 

165 lbs. 22 y. 7 m. 2 2d. Business, Portland, Me. 

20 y. 3 m. 25 d. Died April 17, 1884. 
22 y. 3 m. 29 d. Mariner, Bath, Me. 

140 lbs. 22 y. 6 m. 26 d. Prin. High School, Manchester, N. H. 

2 2y. 5 m. 1 1 d. Business, Lusk, Wyo. 

170 lbs. 21 y. I m. 10 d. Lawyer, Boston, Mass. 

21 y. 3 m. 26 d. Broker, Cincinnati, O. 
20 y. 8 m. 10 d. Business, Augusta, Me. 

128 lbs. 21 y. 4m..iod. Teacher, Goshen, Ind. 

148 lbs. 22 y. 5 m. 5 d. Lawyer, Boston, Mass. 

135 lbs. 20 y. 9 m. 23 d. Business, Winchendon, Mass. 

163 lbs. 20 y. II m. 16 d. Lawyer, Boston, Mass. 

147 lbs. 22 y. 6 m. 13 d. Teacher, Essex, Mass. 

25 y. 7 m. 9 d. Business, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

150 lbs. 21 y. 2 m. 22 d. Lawyer, Portland, Me. 

143 lbs. 20 y. 9 m. Lawyer, Salem, Mass. 

20 y. 4 m. 12 d. Teacher, Portland, Me. 



SUMMARY. 
O. C. Gordon, A. E. Andrews, C. S. .Andrews, H. R. Sewall. 



Sixty entered. Four have died 

Fifty-five began college work. 

Forty-three graduated. 

The average age of the class at graduation was 22^/^ years. 

The members came from five states. 

Seven members — Bates, Burnham, Clark, Prince, Whittemore, Wilson, and Wright — married 
Brunswick young ladies. 

At present they are scattered over fourteen states and Australia. 

In occupation they are now divided as follows : — 

Business men, 18; teachers, 9; engineers, 3; editors, 2 ; chemist, i ; lawyers, 11 ; ministers, 
3 ; physicians, 2 ; mariner, i ; no business, i. 



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